Intellectual Property Rights Initiative -IPRI-Africa

05/09/2022

“The conflict caught us unprepared. We fled early in the morning as gunshots rang. I feared for my children’s safety”, Abak Majok, 31. Together with her six children, she left everything in her small village in South Sudan’s Tonj North County, a part of Warrap State.

05/09/2022

Access to mental health support for refugees is not a luxury.

It's a human right.

01/09/2022

Ms. Tatra Musheshe in taking notes during the meeting on Human Rights and Genocide by George Mason University and Uganda Government 2012

01/09/2022

Group Discussion on devising ways of promoting human rights advocacy in Uganda

19/01/2022

Revision especially during Covid challenges is key! Keep the pace with your peers and revise. We understand law is hard, that’s why we found a solution to make available resources for you since 2011.

14/12/2021

Practice Questions and Answers for Law Students at LDC and University in preparation for exams. Be ahead!

05/03/2021

We commend Florence.

Florence Ndagire is a female Ugandan lawyer, who works as a legal researcher and human rights lawyer at the United Nations (UN) based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ndagire, who is totally blind, also serves as the Chairperson of the UN Women Regional Group, for Eastern and Southern Africa, comprising twelve countries.

She is the first visually impaired person, male or female to qualify and receive licensure as a lawyer in Uganda.

She was born in Nkokonjeru, Buikwe District in 1984, to Joyce Nabinaka and Francis Kayizi. She was born prematurely at about six months gestation and kept in an incubator at the hospital. When her parents took her home from the hospital, they realized that their new-born was blind. She attended Bishop Wills Primary School in Iganga District.

After secondary school, she was admitted to Makerere University in Kampala, to study law. While at Makerere, she was elected to the Guild Representative Council (GRC) to represent students in the Faculty of Law.

After obtaining her Bachelor of Laws, from Makerere, she obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre (LDC), also in Kampala.

02/11/2020

NOTICE

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30/09/2020

16/09/2020

The following Applicants have been admitted to the Bar Course, (First Intake), 2020/2021 Academic Year. They should pick admission letters from 15th-19th September, 2020. Admission letters shall be issued by the office of the undersigned. In order to observe guidelines issued by the Ministry of Heal...

17/08/2020

15 Kits fabricated and donated to health facilities and markets Over 40,000 hand washers recorded from Kits installed in one week A Kit costs UGX 1,600,000 ; half price for large scale production. Makerere University has launched a Touchless Handwashing (Tw-20) Kit as a responsive technology to the....

13/04/2020

It is with a heavy heart that the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) governing bodies (Administrative Council and Council of Ministers) and the Secretariat received the sad news of the untimely departure of Justice Jeremiah Herbert Ntabgoba who passed away on 12th April 2020.

Justice Ntabgoba was born on 21st July 1939 in Bunagana, Uganda. He is one of the founding fathers of ARIPO, having been among the officials who were accredited by their respective governments in the negotiations that resulted in the signing of the Lusaka agreement for the establishment of ARIPO on December 9th, 1976.

Justice Ntabgoba was the Registrar General, Administrator General, Public Trustee, and Official Receiver of the Government of Uganda between 1973 and 1978. He was a Judge of the High Court of Uganda from 1978 to 1981 and served as the first Director General of ARIPO from 1981 to 1988.

He served ARIPO and its Member States with extraordinary insight, compassion, and selflessness, qualities which enabled him to lay a firm foundation for the growth and development of the Organization. His outstanding contributions during the formative years of the Organization led to the progressive development of the ARIPO and Intellectual Property within the Member States of ARIPO and Africa at large. Indeed, during his term, he contributed to the drafting of model laws on intellectual property for English-speaking African Countries, took part in the preparation of the Lusaka Agreement, facilitated the adoption of the Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs (Harare Protocol) and established organs that provided the right policies for the Organization.

It is noteworthy that, during Justice Ntabgoba’s tenure of Office as Director General, ARIPO membership remarkably grew from 7 to 14 Member States. In his congratulatory message at the 40th anniversary of ARIPO, he recalled with great satisfaction that when he was conducting membership drive missions in Africa, “no country he visited ever turned down his proposal”!

Ntabgoba is the author of a book titled ‘In Search of Relevant Technology for Africa’ (1985) and several articles on intellectual property, including ‘Contributions of English Speaking Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ESARIPO) to the Development of Industrial Property Laws in SADC Group Countries’ (1986). Upon retirement, he spent some time at the offices of Kampala Associated Advocates, where he advised on Intellectual Property and other legal issues.

In recognition of Justice Ntabgoba’s immense contribution to the development and protection of Intellectual Property, ARIPO honoured him as the first Director General by naming the conference room of the ARIPO Regional Training Centre as the Jeremiah Herbert Ntabgoba Conference Room.

Justice Ntabgoba will be truly missed not only by his family but also by the ARIPO Secretariat and the IP fraternity in Africa. Let’s honour him by keeping his legacy in our endeavor to make ARIPO an IP hub for Africa!

May his soul Rest In Peace!

09/04/2020

01/04/2020

The biological scientist who invented the buckets fitted with taps for handwashing has said she will be happy if the government helps her to patent her invention. Mrs Veronica Bekoe invented the buckets about 30 years ago for hand hygiene and the prevention of infections at medical laboratories. “...

30/03/2020

16/01/2020

ORTUS ADVOCATES: BERNARD MUKASA;

Bernard Mukasa is an Ortus Advocates Ortus Africa Partner in the technology, media & telecommunications and intellectual property practice.

He has been in the business for over 9 years, providing strategic commercial and transactional advice to clients in on intellectual property, technology, media, telecommunications and dispute resolution.

Bernard is the General Secretary of the Uganda Law Society Intellectual Property Practitioners Cluster and a member of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Intellectual Property Department Users Forum. He is a registered African intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Agent.

He is also a seasoned employment law practitioner handling both regulatory, compliance and restructuring. He is also a registered Insolvency Practitioner in Uganda and is an integral member of the Ortus Advocates’ commercial dispute resolution practice.

Industries
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications & Intellectual Property
• Consumer Products
• Public Sector & Government
• Life Sciences

Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons) – Makerere University
• Diploma in Legal Practice – Law Development Centre


Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Intellectual Property Rights Initiative -IPRI-Africa Urban Intellectuals Human Rights Network Uganda TradeMark Homebuyers Patents And Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) United States Patent and Trademark Office Government of Uganda

10/01/2020

10/01/2020

20/11/2019

Liberia Intellectual Property Office

Today the 43rd Administrative Council of ARIPO was Captured in the local media with highlights in the local dailies.
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31/10/2019

African University losing value by failing to protect intellectual property

African University losing value by failing to protect intellectual property

Estimates of the damage done to the African economy through lack of Intellectual Property (IP) protection runs into billions of dollars.

07/08/2019

Makerere’s Kiragga eyes million-dollar prize for visionary research on HIV – SautiTech

Makerere’s Kiragga eyes million-dollar prize for visionary research on HIV – SautiTech

Dr. Agnes Kiragga, a senior lecturer at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), has been selected among scientists

26/06/2019

Woolf&Woode

This is the technology we need in Africa. Our leaders need to know this...must watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNXbRgXVmU

21/06/2019

South African teens test flight to Cairo in home-made plane

Young thinkers..

The ring innovators say the purpose of the initiative is to show Africa that anything is possible

11/06/2019

Attend this training...

WHAT IS ??

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to using Intelligently connected devices and systems to utilize gathered data.

It essentially brings together advanced software with sensors and otherend-devices on a communications network and if used the right way, can lead to a better & transformed society.

The (24th-25th October) will look at the latest rights within the Internet of Things and its impact on Innovation and development.

Discussants will cover areas in Pharmaceutical, Big Data, Telecoms, ISPs, Banking, Insurance, Government, Energy and Automotive.

The proliferation of the internet has ushered in an age where we are all dependent on technology to carry out even the minutest of tasks.

Consequently, industrialization has grown at a tremendous rate and with it, concerns about climate change and depletion of resources that are used to make these products.

Get your ticket today and be part of the discussion
➡ https://www.symposium-iptech.com/registration/

07/06/2019

Save the date...

Save the Date : - 19th July 2019.

It's all about understanding the dynamics of rights of intellectual works in an era of innovation and technology that can be disruptive - and what can be done to strengthen rights for this kind of property.

Venue : Imperial royale hotel kampala

09/05/2019

Dear members, you are hereby informed about the upcoming RICS Accredited Mediation Programme due to take place in Kampala. If interested, inbox [email protected] or contact Alexandra De Beer at [email protected] for the booking form and other details.

Kind regards,

Alexandra de Beer
Commercial and Training Programmes
RICS
t +27 21 9755537 m +27 66 480 5004 (new) +27793647804 e [email protected] w rics.org

01/05/2019

Happy Labor Day. Hard working is a duty to self as well as to the public. Well done!

04/04/2019

African Food and Peace Foundation

African Food and Peace Foundation

Hello, Friends!

We're happy to share this post with you from New Vision, a Ugandan Daily news source, about a wonderful film called "The Uganda Project".

This award-winning documentary, directed by Reint Bakema and Robert Fritz, tells the story of URDT and ARU, our partner organizations.

We are very excited about the film and the possibility it has to impact development in Uganda!

https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1497392/uganda-adapt-creative-process-planning

06/01/2019

Intellectual Property Rights Initiative -IPRI-Africa

04/01/2019

25-year-old Kenyan invents smart gloves that convert sign language movements into audio speech

25-year-old Kenyan invents smart gloves that convert sign language movements into audio speech

25-year-old Kenyan invents gloves that converts sign language into audio speech

12/09/2018

ARIPO Launches Regional IP Database

ARIPO Launches Regional IP Database

On Monday, 10 September 2018 the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) launched a Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Database a...

21/08/2018

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