Webinar on ‘Trade marks and geographical indications: synergies, conflicts & case-law analysis’
On 20-21 October 2021, carIPI, in collaboration with the CCJ Academy for Law, hosted two training sessions on the interrelation between trade marks and geographical indications to enhance the capacities of legal members of the judiciary in emerging areas of law relevant to the Caribbean region. Almost all the CARIFORUM States have put in place sui generis GI laws but, so far, there have been no major GI-related disputes in the courts.
The judiciary forms part of the IP system and, consequently, must also be targeted by any regional interventions to strengthen the IP system in the CARIFORUM States. While the regional judiciary has benefited from ongoing training on a wide range of legal topics, few programmes have focused on the complex and specialised area of intellectual property.
The aim of this two-day event is to increase the regional judiciary’s professional competencies to make court proceedings more efficient and improve the quality of justice.
Useful reference material
- Case law on Geographical Indications (GIs) [PDF - 0.31MB] [EN] *This data base is organized and prepared by Virginia Melgar, Chairperson of the 5th Board of appeal, and disclosed under her responsibility.
- Speaker's biographies [PDF - 0.44MB] [EN]
Supporting documents and webinar recordings
Presentations 20 October 2021:
GIs and TMs: What the EPA and TRIPS says Tira Greene, Lawyer and IP Consultant
PRESENTATION [PDF - 2.6MB] [EN]
VIDEO
Interplay between GI and TM: The EU perspective, Rebecca Santana Davies, Lawyer, EUIPO
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1MB] [EN]
VIDEO
CARIFORUM Legal framework for GIs and TMs, Marissa Longsworth, Attorney at Law, Deputy Chairperson on the Cayman Islands Government's IP tribunals
PRESENTATION [PDF - 0.9MB] [EN]
VIDEO
Contribution of GIs & TM to regional economic development, Erica Smith, IP Consultant
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1.2MB] [EN]
VIDEO
Presentations 21 October 2021:
CARIFORUM Case Law, Sheryl Washington-Vialva, CCJ Academy for Law
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1.5MB] [EN]
VIDEO
EUIPO Case Law Database, Pavel Burian, Boards of Appeal, EUIPO
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1.1MB] [EN]
VIDEO
WIPO Lex-Judgements, Inés Fernández, Consultant, WIPO Judicial Institute
PRESENTATION [PDF - 2.2MB] [EN]
VIDEO
EU Case Law, Virginia Melgar, Chairperson 5th Board of Appeal, EUIPO
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1.4MB] [EN]
VIDEO
Case Law from Costa Rica: the Manchego Cheese, Pedro Daniel Suárez Baltodano, Judge and Professor of Law, Costa Rica
PRESENTATION [PDF - 1.2MB] [EN]
VIDEO
Future of jurisprudence in the area, Hon. Justice Anderson, CCJ Academy for Law
PRESENTATION [PDF - 0.8MB] [EN]
VIDEO