After filing and paying application fees, the Registrar of Trademarks carefully examines the application to ensure that it does not lack distinctiveness, does not resemble or it is not similar to flags, coats of arms, emblems, etc of states or international organizations.

The Registrar may refuse an application for registration of a trademark because:

- of public interest;
-  the trade mark application is contrary to accepted principles of morality or valid laws;
-  that it is a deceptive and/or scandalous mark;
-  the mark is identical to or resembling marks used by another party.
 
If the Registrar of Trademarks has no objection, then the trademark application proceeds to publication in the official gazette, the Uganda Gazette.

If the trademark application is then published in the Uganda Gazette and no objection(s) or opposition is received by the Registrar within thirty days after publication, then the application is ready for registration by the Registrar.  A registration fee is paid and a certificate of registration duly signed and sealed by the Registrar is issued bearing the date of the application.