PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Law
At SIPI Law, Intellectual property law holds a particularly special position in the work that we do. We pride ourselves in being at the forefront of protecting local inventors' knowledge through registration of local and regional patents, as well as trademarks. Below are some of the areas of legal counsel we provide;
Patents
- Registration of patents for local and foreign inventors or corporations.
- Registration of licenses for registered patents.
- Adversarial proceedings to protect patents.
- Negotiating licenses for Patent holders or representing licensees in technology transfer transactions.
- Representing parties in transactions leading to commercialization of their patent rights ie brokering joint venture agreements.
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Copyright
- Representing musicians in copyright licensing / management deals.
- Image rights legal counsel ie in the advertising industry.
- Bringing Copyfringement actions to protect copyright.
- Representing art and media houses in royalty repatriation transactions.
- Advising software developers on pre-contractual legal issues as well as transactional related legal issues.
- Representation or counsel in distribution arrangements.
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Trademarks
- Registration
- Trademark watch services
- Anti Counterfeiting services
- Lobbying & Public awareness
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Telecoms & IT Law
- Advising on legal, policy and regulatory issues.
- Joint venture due diligence.
- Lobbying
- Drafting service vending contracts
- Competition issues and dispute settlement
- Regulatory compliance audits.
- E-commerce related legal counsel.
Trade & Investment
- Counsel on legal and policy framework.
- Advising on investment climate, conducting investment climate surveys
- Due diligence and legal audits for joint ventures.
- Brokering and negotiating joint ventures
- Advising on the East African Customs union and export trade
- Expropriation, choice of law and other dispute settlement issues.
Land, Natural resources & Environmental Law
- Advising on land related investment options
- Giving legal counsel in land transactions (sale, purchase)
- Assisting in preservative measures (injunctions, caveats, mortgages)
- Advising on and drafting leases, tenancy and sale agreements.
- Resolution of land disputes
- General Counsel on Uganda's land system.
Corporate & Enterprise Law
- Incorporation of companies and other business associations
- Incorporation on non profit organizations / NGOs.
- Provision of Company secretarial services.
- Drafting partnership agreements and giving general counsel
- Advising on processing Income tax, VAT Registration and trading licenses
- Giving counsel on Employment and labor laws.
- SME services (business registration, securitization, land and Intellectual asset protection).
- Drafting Contracts and giving general legal counsel on commercial transactions
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