Information is Power

Indeed!! When you own certain intellectual property such as a trademark, then you must have proof of ownership. It is not enough to tell people that the company that makes that nice juice is yours.  You must show proof of that ownership. For example, if you owned land, you would have a ‘kyapa’ (certificate of title) for that land. Similarly, now that you own the trademark for that juice called ‘kawomela’ (delicious) you will need a ‘kyapa’ for that name and juice. This ‘kyapa’ is called Certificate of registration. Once you have this, that trademark (symbol, phrase) that customers use to identify your product truly belongs to you. However, remember this ownership must be renewed after seven (7) years and every 10 years after that to retain ownership of that trademark.

During a pre-planning meeting held on Saturday 20-5-2023 at Rose Villa hotel, WestNile Entrepreneurs and Contractors Association (WENREACA) have threatened to exit Stanbic Bank on claims of disparity, concealment of information, harsh terms and policies when it comes to lending them loans. The information our reporter has obtained indicates that, both Stanbic Bank officials from Kampala and WENREACA members  have agreed to have the dialogue meeting slated for Thursday 25-5-2023 to discuss favorable terms for strategic partnership and business in the region. During Saturday's meeting, members of WENREACA have expressed their total dissatisfaction with the services they get from Stanbic Bank. The association alleged that, the Covid-19 funds and Agriculture credit fund for farmers, which government of Uganda channeled to help the business fraternity in Uganda, has not benefited any Entrepreneur or Contractor or Farmer from WestNile region. The association now wants Stanbic

Copied. 1. D: Stands for "Drive." This is the normal operating mode of the transmission. In this mode, the transmission automatically shifts through all gears as necessary based on the vehicle's speed and load. 2. M: Stands for "Manual" or "Manual Mode." In this mode, the driver has control over shifting gears manually. It allows you to select a specific gear and hold it without the transmission shifting up or down automatically. 3. L: Stands for "Low" or "Low Gear." It is a lower gear range that provides increased engine braking and can be useful when descending steep hills or towing heavy loads. It keeps the transmission in a lower gear to provide more power and control. 4. 2: Represents the second gear. This is useful in situations where you want to limit the transmission to the first two gears and prevent it from shifting into higher gears. It can be helpful for driving in slippery or hilly conditions. 5. + and -: Th

   By BarefootLawyers  Earlier today, we talked about labels such as ‘Gucci’, Nike, Coca-Cola among others. We told you that under the law, these are called trademarks because they are used to identify one product of one company from those of another company. Now we want to talk about how to protect your brand or label using the law. The law allows any person who owns a product with a name (trademark) to protect it from misuse and to determine how their name will be used. This is done by registering that trademark. In Uganda, the body in charge of registering such trademarks is called Uganda Registration Services Bureau under its intellectual property registry. Step 1: You must check and make sure that the name of your product does not already exist. (You must pay a certain fee for this service). Step 2: Once you are sure that your name is not like an existing one, then you must apply for the registration of your trademark. The application must contain the proposed tradema

Copied. 1. As long as you are alive, anything is possible. The only valid excuse you have to give up is if you are dead. As long as you are alive (and healthy and free) you have the choice to keep trying until you finally succeed. 2. Be realistic. The chance of mastering something the first time you do it is almost non-existent. Everything takes time to learn and you will make mistakes. Learn from them. 3. Be Strong Like Oak Believe me, you are stronger than you think. 1,2 or even 3 little failures are not enough to stop you from achieving your goals. Your goals are far greater than all of the doubts. Imagine a little oak tree. Did it stop growing every time it was facing harsh winds? NO. So why should you stop? You are alive, aren’t you? So you have no good reason to give up. Period. Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. 4. Prove yourself. You don’t want to be known as someone that is weak and gives up. Go out there and pro

📸:Deem light in the middle of darkness in Nyadri Sub-county. Nyadri subcounty in Maracha district on thursday approved a balanced budget estimate for the next financial year 2023/24 amounting to 63.9 million. However the approved budget excludes central government transfers of over 500 million.  A section of residents  from the subcounty who spoke to Information is Power reporter, believes the budget shall have less  impact to the community. They have particularly decried what they term as poor service delivery in the subcounty. "Now if they have failed to repair a minor security lights on the subcounty office building making  the subcounty headquarters live in total darkness for months like this , do you think the subcounty does not have revenue sources to do this minor repairs?", wondered a resident who during the day attended the process of budget approval in the gallary. "Tell me anything tangible the current Council has done in their close to three year

By THN. The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan in recent months have sparked a noticeable uptick in cyber attacks on the East Asian island country. "From malicious emails and URLs to malware, the strain between China's claim of Taiwan as part of its territory and Taiwan's maintained independence has evolved into a worrying surge in attacks," the Trellix Advanced Research Center said in a new report. The attacks, which have targeted a variety of sectors in the region, are mainly designed to deliver malware and steal sensitive information, the cybersecurity firm said, adding it detected a four-fold jump in the volume of malicious emails between April 7 and April 10, 2023. Some of the most impacted industry verticals during the four-day time period were networking, manufacturing, and logistics. What's more, the spike in malicious emails targeting Taiwan has been followed by a 15x increase in PlugX detections between April 10 and April 12, 2023, ind