Act 17 Trademarks Act 2010 85. Inspectors or public officers not personally liable. An inspector or public officer shall not be personally liable for an act done in good faith by him or her in the course of his or her employment and in the execution or purported execution of any duty under this Act. 86. Suspension of release by customs authorities. (1) An owner or registered user of a trademark who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that some goods imported bear an infringing trademark or that importation may take place, may lodge an application in writing with the competent court or any other competent authority for the suspension by the customs authorities of the release into free circulation of the goods. (2) An owner or registered user of a trademark who lodges an application under subsection (1) shall provide adequate evidence to satisfy the court or any other competent authority that, under the laws of Uganda, there is prima facie an infringement of his or her right and shall supply a sufficiently detailed description of the goods to make them readily recognisable by the customs authorities. (3) The court or any other competent authority shall inform the applicant within a reasonable period whether they have accepted the application and where determined by the competent authorities, the period for which the customs authorities will take action for the suspension by the customs authorities of the release into free circulation of the goods. 87. Fees. There shall be paid in respect of applications, registration and other matters under this Act such fees as may be prescribed by the Minister 88. General power to rectify entries in register. (1) A person aggrieved by an omission, entry, error, defect or an entry wrongly remaining on the register, may apply in the prescribed manner to the court and subject to section 64, to the registrar, and the court or the registrar may make an order for making, expunging or varying the entry as the court or the registrar, as the case may be, may think fit. 66

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