Act 17 Trademarks Act 2010 “limitation” means any limitation of the exclusive right to the use of a trademark given by the registration of a person as owner of the trademark, including limitation of that right as to mode of use, in relation to goods to be sold or otherwise traded in, in any place in Uganda, or in relation to goods to be exported to any market outside Uganda; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for justice; “passing off” means falsely representing one’s own product as that of another in an attempt to deceive potential buyers; “permitted use” has the meaning assigned to it by section 49 (2); “register” means the register of trademarks kept under section 2; “registered trademark” means a trademark that is registered under Part III of this Act; “registrar” means an officer designated as registrar of trademarks under the Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act; “sign or mark” includes any word, symbol, slogan, logo, sound, smell, colour, brand label, name, signature, letter, numeral or any combination of them; “surname” means a name by which a person is customarily known by members of the community to which he or she belongs; “trademark” means, a sign or mark or combination of signs or marks capable of being represented graphically and capable of distinguishing goods or services of one undertaking from those of another undertaking; “transmission” means devolution by operation of law, devolution on the personal representative of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being an assignment. 6

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