And the story goes on .... This is Africa my dear. if the bill is not blocking a politician's ability to make money, it can always wait :( C'est la vie.
W > But Wire, > > that was the same story early last year ! > > > warmest regards > � > Shem Nnaggenda Kanabi-Nsubuga > AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE > Standard Chartered Bank, 1, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7SB, UK > Tel: +44 (0)20 72807805 : +44 (0)20 7457 7805� or +44 (0)20 7280 7500 > AEN: + 1044 7805 FONENET+1401 7805 Fax: +44 207 280 7208; Mobile: +44 (0) > 790 4795061 > > "Leading the Way in Asia ,� Africa and the Middle East" > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 23-09-04 09:00 AM > Please respond to Linux Users Group Uganda > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Re: [LUG] legal dress(redress!) > > Hi Shem > > Regarding Uganda's current position on IP and e-commerce, there is a green > paper that was forwarded to cabinet by the Law Reform Commission on the > proposed E-Commerce law based mainly on the UK version. > > As for the copyright law which caters for IP, a white paper is soon being > presented to Parliament by cabinet and I understand it has been upgraded > to include protection of IT software producers. > > Thats as far as I know. > > Wire > >> Kiggs, >> >> Lawyers have strange ways of interpreting laws, until they do, and >> decisions are upheld up to the supreme court, then its always a case of >> wait and see. >> But I am still blank on my issues I asked about below >> >> enlighten me , what is the present status of the law governing >>> >> a) intellectual copy rights ? >>> b) ICT stuff - software and hardware, are these now acceptable as >>> evidence ? >>> c) e-commerce, has Uganda signed up to the unictral e-commerce law or >>> has it been enacted/incorporated into our laws ? >> >> warmest regards >> � >> Shem Nnaggenda Kanabi-Nsubuga >> Africa Project Manager PACES >> AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE >> Standard Chartered Bank, 1, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7SB, UK >> Tel: +44 (0)20 72807805 : +44 (0)20 7457 7805� or +44 (0)20 7280 7500 >> AEN: + 1044 7805 FONENET+1401 7805 Fax: +44 207 280 7208; Mobile: +44 > (0) >> 790 4795061 >> >> "Leading the Way in Asia ,� Africa and the Middle East" >> >> >> >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 22-09-04 02:44 PM >> Please respond to Linux Users Group Uganda >> >> >> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> cc: >> Subject: Re: [LUG] legal dress(redress!) >> >> Shem, >> Very good question. As you know, not only is our country very small and >> poor, it does not have a history of the small man winning battles >> against the big guys in the courts (unless its assult with a hundred >> witnesses or some such thing)) that is why Lunghabo said it would be a >> test case. We just don't have the Intellectual Property laws in place. >> >> I do not think it will be a test case, I think it will be a case that >> will be handled like all the rest. I would be very suprised if anything >> apart from a judgement in favour of the big boys is given. >> >> As I said earlier its a waste of time and money in my opinion. >> >> If you are foolhardy enough to sue the big boys then do it correctly. Do >> it where the laws are fair and the chances are much higher of victory. >> >> An example of South Africans suing the British Parent company of a South >> African subsidiary that erred is contained below. >> >> The precedent is thus set. >> >> http://www.fasken.com/WEB/FMDWEBSITEFRENCH.NSF/0/9B7DA3616057265085256C4D004C40EA/$File/PARENT%20CORPORATION%20LIABILITY%20FOR%20FOREIGN%20SUBSIDIARIES.PDF?OpenElement >> The end of the document says.......... >> H. THE ENGLISH CAPE ASBESTOS DECISION >> The English House of Lords recently ruled on whether South African >> residents could sue in English Courts for tort damages arising in the >> South African asbestos mines owned by a subsidiary of an English parent >> corporation9. More than three thousand South Africans sought standing to >> sue London-based Cape PLC for negligent control of its South African >> subsidiaries. Cape PLC owned the South African holding company, Cape >> Asbestos South Africa (Pty.) Limited ( CASAP ), which in turn owned the >> asbestos mines in South Africa s Northern Cape Province. The claim >> involves asbestosis and cancers attributable to exposure to asbestos in >> the CASAP mines before 1979. Cape PLC ended its operations in South >> Africa in 1979. The House of Lords unanimously decided that all the >> claimants could sue the parent company in England. The House of Lords >> found that this case concerns the responsibility of the parent company >> for ensuring the observance of proper standards of health and safety by >> its overseas subsidiaries.............. >> >> Kiggs >> >> >> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 14:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: >>> Good people , >>> >>> Do u know that the suit this guy(lets call him .....!) last wore was >>> one he had "bought" and returned to the store the day after he wore it >>> ? 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