KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s intellectual property owners can now be viewed by millions of searchers worldwide, following the addition to the TMview trademark search tool of the European Union. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has officially joined the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) trademark search tool, …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | For a long time, Ugandan artists have been frustrated by the low returns from their sweat as their works have never been adequately protected against illegal use. This has meant that artists like musicians, comedians, stage and recording actors, and others have had to rely …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General’s office has asked for more time to make adequate consultations with all the relevant stakeholders before proposed amendments are made to repeal the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act, 2006. It follows a petition to Parliament early this month by the representatives of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition MPs have started holding stakeholder engagements with a view of improving a draft private Members’ Bill that seeks to amend the 2006 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act. The Bill is sponsored by the Shadow Minister for Culture and Performing Arts, also Mawokota North MP, Hillary …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mawokota North Member of Parliament, Hillary Kiyaga has been granted leave of Parliament to introduce a bill titled, The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill. The private member’s bill seeks to recognize and protect the rights of a composer of literacy, artistic, scientific and intellectual works …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General and acting Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Jackson Kafuzi has urged Ugandans to register their intellectual property with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau in order for them to benefit from their inventions. Speaking to reporters at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, …
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Paris, France | Xinhua | France on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (592 million U.S. dollars) for failing to offer a fair deal to local media companies for hosting their news content. The French Authority of Competition ordered Google to present, within the next two months, “an offer of remuneration …
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Bruxelles, Belgium | AFP | Divisions between EU countries could delay or derail plans to overhaul copyright law, an ambition that has set up a battle pitting media firms against internet giants like Facebook and Google. The European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission had planned to meet …
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Cairo, Egypt | AFP | An image rights storm that has seen star Mohamed Salah lash out at Egyptian football authorities is on the way to being settled, the Liverpool playmaker has signalled. “We were promised a solution and God willing the issue is on its way to being resolved,” …
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New York, UNITED STATES | AFP | A Jamaican artist has filed a $300 million lawsuit against pop star Miley Cyrus over her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop,” saying a key lyric was snatched from him. On the track about exploring sexual and other personal freedom, Cyrus sings, “And we can’t …
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