Filing Requirements:
-Power of attorney, simply signed.
-Twelve prints and a printing block of the trade mark - device marks.

Classification:
-International classification of goods and services.

MULTICLASSES:
A separate application is required for each class.

Licensing/Registered Users:
Licensing is recognised. Recordation is required in order to be effective against third parties and for use to inure to the benefit of the owner.
The license agreement must provide for quality control by the licensor.

Requirements:
-Registered user agreement;
-Statutory declaration and statement of case;
-Power of attorney from the proprietor;
-Power of attorney from the user.

Assignments:
Assignments are possible and may be made with or without goodwill.

Requirements:
- Deed of assignment;
- Power of attorney from the assignee.

Marking of Goods
Notice of registration by use of the legend ‘Registered Trade Mark’ or suitable abbreviation (eg. ‘Regd. Tm.’) or symbol ® optional.
All goods bearing any wording in English should be marked with an indication of origin.
Under customs law, manufactured goods bearing the name, address or trade mark of any manufacturer, dealer or bearing the name of any place in the United Kingdom or any member of the Commonwealth calculated to import to them a special character of British manufacturer - though not of such manufacture – are usually prohibited importation into Uganda.
Imports of condensed milk for human consumption are subject to detailed and specific labelling requirements. Each can (or other receptacle or container) which has a net weight of under 7kg must bear a printed label stating its contents in equivalents of pints of milk, whether skimmed or whole, sweetened or unsweetened and whether unsuitable as a sole food for babies.
All packets, bundles and cartons of cigarettes manufactured outside of East Africa and imported into Uganda must have the following phrase printed thereon: Imported for Uganda’. In the case of packets which have wrappings of cellophane, the phrase must be printed underneath the cellophane.

Opposition:
An opposition may be lodged within sixty days following the date of advertisement of the trade mark application.

Use
Registration may be cancelled if the trade mark was registered without any bona fide intention to use the trade mark and there has, in fact, been no bona fide use of the trade mark up to the date one month before the date of the application for cancellation.
Registration may also be cancelled if there has been no bona fide use of the trade mark for a continuous period of five years and one month up to date of application for cancellation.
Authorised use by a third party cannot be relied on by the proprietor unless the user is recorded as a registered user.

Duration and Renewal
A trade mark registration is effective for an initial period of seven years and, thereafter, renewable for further periods of fourteen years.