From 3–5 May 2023, CarIPI’s project expert Dr. Wendy Hollingsworth, travelled to Grenada to make in-person presentations to promote project activities and raise awareness among decision makers in the public and private sectors on how intellectual property rights contribute to economic and social development.
AL-INVEST Verde IPR works towards Efficient and Accessible IPR Institutions, strengthening the capacity of national IP administrations, in particular those of MERCOSUR countries and Chile, to improve IPR protection and enforcement systems.
In celebration of World IP Day on 26 April 2023, for which the theme is ‘Women and IP: accelerating innovation and creativity’, CarIPI will collaborate with different CARIFORUM national intellectual property (IP) offices to promote all their activities during IP Week.
In addition, CarIPI will also launch a video series showcasing female entrepreneurs in the Caribbean who use IP to protect their businesses. The videos will be available on our social media channels.
On 28 March 2023, CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI) organised a joint workshop on TMClass with the Surinamese Intellectual Property Office (BIE). The workshop reviewed the benefits of having a pre-defined and published list of terms for goods and services that are accepted when registering trade marks. The workshop was aimed particularly at examiners, users of the IP system and SMEs.