Senior Registration Officer Employment (Intellectual Property)

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau seeks to recruit suitable qualified, competent, and experienced professionals to fill vacancies within various directorates and departments
Reports to: Manager, Intellectual Property
Duties:
·         Assists the Manager to register patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, and other intellectual property rights.
·         Draft correspondences and search reports and attend Court matters.
·         Adjudicate opposition proceedings.
·         Quality assurance of statutory requirements and issue notices for compliance and enforcement.
·         Assessment of Non Tax Revenue. Supervision and quality assurance of the registers, operational manuals and
·         automated data index.
·         Any other duties assigned by the Manager and Director.
Qualification and Experience:
·         Honors Degree in Law and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
·         Should have a minimum of 5 years working experience from a legal related institution.
Key Outputs:
·         Trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, registered.
·         Assignments transfers, opposition proceedings.
·         Returns and all statutory compliance documents filed in time.
·         Correspondences responded to timely.
·         NTR assessed.
Personal Specification:
·         Computer literacy skills, legal advocacy and interpersonal skills.
How to Apply
Application Process:
Interested candidates who fully meet the required job specifications and with the right personal attributes are invited to submit their application letters indicating day time telephone contact(s), postal and email addresses, of both the applicant and three reputable referees, certificates and testimonials, to reach the Bureau not later than 03rd September, 2012.
All applications should be addressed to:
                                
The Chairman, Board of Directors,
Uganda Registration Services Bureau,
Plot 5 George Street, Georgian House
P.O. Box 6848 Kampala
Telephone: +256 414 235915/256414233219,
Fax: +256 414 250712,
Website: www.ursb.go.ug
Note: All applications should be submitted to the personal secretary on floor 5 room 4 and must be signed for.
Feedback: Only successful candidates will be contacted. Any form of canvassing, influence peddling and or any other “backdoor” attempt, of whatsoever nature, to influence the selection process will automatically lead to disqualification of a candidate without any recourse.
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