Uganda: Counterfeit Law Could Infringe On People's Rights

30 December 2009

The push to enact the Counterfeit Goods Bill into law could undermine the progress Uganda has made in the fight against HIV/AIDS and ultimately hamper trade by limiting access to generic medicine and [other] products on the Ugandan market.

The bill defines "counterfeit goods" as goods that are an imitation of something else with an intent to deceive, and includes any device used for the purposes of counterfeiting and goods which breach intellectual property rights and goods intended to gain unfair commercial advantage with goods of a similar nature".

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