Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 36. Provisional protection of published international applications. (1) Relief against infringement may be sought in respect of acts committed before the grant of the patent but after the date of international publication under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, where the international publication is effected in English. (2) If the international publication is effected in a language other than English, subsection (1) shall apply where the applicant has transmitted an English translation of the international publication to the infringer and only in respect of acts committed by the latter after he or she had received the transaction. 37. Publication of international applications. An international application which is published under article 21 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and in which Uganda is designated for a national patent shall be treated as published under section 29. PART VII—RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER OF THE INVENTION. 38. Rights of the owner. (1) The applicant or the owner of an invention has the right— (a) on fulfilling the relevant requirements under this Act, to be granted the patent; (b) to make, use, exercise and sell the invention exclusively, and may preclude any person from exploiting the patented invention without his or her authorization by any of the following acts— (i) where the patent has been granted in respect of a product, making, importing, offering for sale, selling and using the product or stocking the product for the purposes of offering for sale, selling or using the product; 39