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The protection of the various Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is at the nexus of the enjoyment of these rights. An Intellectual Property System (IPS) is therefore aimed at giving statutory expressions to the moral and economic rights of creators in their creations and the rights of the public in accessing those creations. This protection heavily relies on the efficiency of the Intellectual Property System adopted by the state-nationally, regionally and internationally. With the emerging trends in industrial development in developing economies, issues of intellectual property have become more eminent than before. The development of Regional and International organizations has mounted cross country enforcement issues and a good national Intellectual Property System is paramount. There is a state obligation to ensure protection of patents nationally issued and those regionally and internationally issued. The major aim of this research is to analyze the efficiency of Uganda’s Intellectual Property Rights System (IPRS) in the protection of patent rights in light of the national, regional and international developments. The research further aims at establishing whether the national Patent system has the sufficiency of guaranteeing the enjoyment and protection of patent rights issued under any relevant authority, in so doing the research examines whether Uganda’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection standards are in conformity with the regional and world intellectual property rights standards. This research focuses on the efficiency of Uganda’s Intellectual Property System in ensuring protection of patent rights. The research also highlights the regional and international Intellectual Property Systems which inform the national Intellectual Property System of Uganda. The holistic approach of the Intellectual Property Systems in this study is based on the interdependence of the national, regional and international Intellectual Property Systems in the protection of patents in Uganda. The protection of Intellectual Property Rights more so patent rights is aimed at contributing to the promotion and development of technological innovation, and the transfer and dissemination of technology in industrial development. For a country that has had laws on intellectual property protection since 1902, there is more left to be desired in respect to enforcement and protection of patents in Uganda. The stimulation of innovation and invention under the Patent System of the country is still very low. The assessment put forward in this research is not limited to the Industrial Property Act of 2014 because Uganda’s Patent System predates the 2014 Act. As the country aims at industrializing her economy, there is urgent need to address the persistent issues that continually affect the enforcement and protection of patent rights to earn the confidence of potential investors in the different capital ventures or lines of production and industries.
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