Intel Corporation v Intel Computers Ltd (Civil Suit No. 821 of 2019) [2022] UGCommC 90 (9 August 2022)
Court
Commercial Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Suit No. 821 of 2019
Judge
Abinyo, J
The High Court dismissed Intel Corporation’s trademark infringement suit against Intel Computers Limited, finding no proven likelihood of confusion or infringement under the Trademarks Act.
Omar v Ex-Officio Agent (Civil Appeal No. 26 of 1939) [1942] EACA 45 (1 January 1942)
Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 26 of 1939
Judge
Thacker J
The court held that a wakala or special power of attorney to sue did not need registration, only proper stamping, and allowed the appeal for the plaintiff on a promissory note.
Singh v Ghai and Sons (C.A. 13/1936.) [1936] EACA 55 (1 January 1936)
Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
C.A. 13/1936.
Judge
Law, C.J (Zanzibar), Lucie-Smith Ag CJ (Kenya), Webb, J
The Court of Appeal held that the learned Chief Justice did not draw a wrong inference from the facts. The respondents had an independent title to the truck, having purchased it from a third party, and the hire-purchase agreement was genuine and not a disguised loan. The evidence did not support the appellant's contention that the transaction was a sham or that the agreement was a bill of sale requiring registration. The Court distinguished the present facts from those in Maas v. Pepper and Johnson v. Rees, where the property originally belonged to the transferee and the transaction was found…
Lalji v Ahmed (C.A. 14/1933.) [1933] EACA 2 (1 January 1933)
Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
C.A. 14/1933.
Judge
Abrahams CJ, Ag P (Uganda), Barth, C.J (Kenya), Sheridan, C.J. (Tanganyika)
The Court of Appeal held that the respondent was not a 'debtor' within the meaning of the Deeds of Arrangement Ordinance as construed by reference to the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1930, and therefore the deed did not require registration in Kenya. The arrangement did not operate as a release of the original debts until payment of the composition was made, and the right of action on the promissory notes was suspended, not extinguished. The respondent's failure to procure and tender the promissory notes as stipulated in the deed entitled the appellant to revive his original cause of action. The exi…