Owning it is one thing, protecting it is another. Most people breathe a sigh of relief once they receive their intellectual property (IP) registration certificates. It is a moment of achievement, and rightfully so. But what many fail to realize is that IP registration is just the beginning of protecting your brand, invention, or creative […]
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For those unfamiliar, the Global Innovation Index (GII) is published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO, with supporting networks from the industry, academia, and research. The GII is extremely useful for informing investment, policy, reforms, and innovation strategies. The GII 2025 measures innovation performance across 139 countries and the top 100 innovation
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I often receive questions from clients and curious individuals, such as: “How can I patent my brilliant idea?” or “Can I copyright my business name?” My response is usually another question: What have you created? What are you trying to protect? These questions are not meant to confuse, but rather to help identify the specific
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Intellectual Property in Uganda, IP NuggetsWhen you think of intellectual property (IP), you might picture big corporations with fancy lawyers. But here is the truth: IP protection is just as important for small businesses, maybe even more so! Whether you are running a bakery, a fashion brand, a tech startup, or a craft shop, your ideas and creations are valuable.
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has taken proactive steps to organize numerous events to empower Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to gain a competitive edge through Intellectual Property and innovation. Despite their essential role in the development sector, SMEs encounter challenges that occasionally affect prioritization of IP protection. In today’s knowledge-based and creative economies, Intellectual Property and innovation-driven growth have
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IP NuggetsThe WIPO has defined intellectual property (IP) to refer to creations of the mind such as literary and artistic works, inventions, designs. Intellectual Property rights on the other hand broadly mean the legal rights which result from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields. Securing intellectual protection not only grants the holder of the IP rights to control the exploitation of
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