IP Documents

This section offers a repository of relevant publications, frameworks, treaties and laws in the CARIFORUM region and member states.

IP Practice in CARIFORUM

Industrial Design Law and Practice in the CARIFORUM Region - Ernesto Rubio [PDF – 1.00MB] [EN]
Manual on Graphic-Representation of Designs Fiche CarIPI [PDF - 0.40MB] [EN] [ES]
Manual on Types of Marks and Distinctiveness [PDF - 2.10MB] [EN] [ES]
Manual on Types of Marks and Descriptiveness [PDF - 0.9 MB] [EN] [ES ]

GI Law and Practice

Manual on Geographical Indications for CARIFORUM States [PDF - 16.8MB] [EN]
Draft GI model law [PDF - 0.25MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
Explanatory notes [PDF - 0.84MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
Draft Regulations [PDF - 0.38MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
Draft Forms
- GI application form [PDF - 0.18MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI amendment form [PDF - 0.18MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI cancellation form [PDF - 0.19MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI objection form [PDF - 0.19MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI objection counter statement form [PDF - 0.19MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI certificate template [PDF - 0.15MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- Request misleading marks form [PDF - 0.18MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- Request conflicting marks form [PDF - 0.18MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]
- GI transfer form [PDF - 0.17MB] [EN] [ES] [FR]

Information on International IP Treaties

The Madrid Protocol in Jamaica [PDF - 12.6MB] [EN]
El Sistema de Madrid en Cuba [PDF - 11.51MB] [ES]
The Madrid Protocol in Trinidad and Tobago [PDF - 5.3MB] [EN]
The Madrid Protocol in Antigua and Barbuda [PDF - 4MB] [EN]
Trinidad and Tobago Fact Sheet Madrid [PDF - 12.5MB] [EN]
Antigua and Barbuda Fact Sheet Madrid [PDF – 5.7MB] [EN]
Belize Fact Sheet Hague [PDF – 5.7MB] [EN]
The Hague System in Belize [PDF - 12.97MB] [EN]
HET HAAGS SYSTEEM - Surinaamse modellen naar de wereld brengen [PDF - 12.8MB] [NL]

Case studies

Windward Commodities Case Study [PDF – 1.8MB] [EN]
Trinindad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company [PDF – 2.5MB] [EN]
Grenadine Sea Salt Case Study [PDF – 1.4MB] [EN]
The Intellectual Property System in the Dominican Republic [PDF – 1.3MB] [EN]
Case Study: Dominican Cocoa (DCGI) [PDF – 3 MB] [EN]
Case Study: Plant Variety Solanum [PDF – 1.1MB] [EN]
Case Study: Plant Variety Oriza [PDF – 2.2MB] [EN]

CARIFORUM Countries IP Legislation

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