Arereng Kenneth Kent
Four Critical Pillars of Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Trade Marks
- Copy Rights
- Designs
The World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated annually on the 24th April. Uganda is among such countries that has set Friday as a special day where Uganda Registration Bureau Services will join the rest in celebrating the Day.
Organized under the theme; Intellectual Property:Ready.Set.Innovate,URBS has ear marked sports as a tool through which the messages of intellectual property can be passed, since the industry is lucrative locally and globally.
In a breakfast meeting with different sports federation officials and the sports journalists at URBS Kololo on Tuesday 20th April 2026, Deputy Registrar General-Registries-, Ntale Mustafah noted that Intellectual Property is central to the business of sports in the country.
“IP plays a critical role in creating, safeguarding and commercializing value. The interaction between intellectual property and sports provides a valuable platform for sharing ideas among stakeholders”, Ntale stated.
Renown sports journalist Clive Kyazze shared an insight into the challenges of online platforms not registering a thing that has hampered the works of many in the sports circle.
“Many online platforms might not be registered with URSB. It is the duty of sports stakeholders to engage with URSB to solve such anomalies”, Clive further emphasized.
The meeting encouraged sports federations to critically conduct an intellectual property audit, register trademarks, negotiate broadcast rights, and protect athlete image as well as enabling intellectual property in the National Development Strategy.
The media engagement was attended by many sports stakeholders from Netball Uganda, Lawn Tennis, Dance Sport, Cricket, Dragon Sport, Basketball, Rugby, Motorsport, Futsal and Woodball.
