On 25-26 June, in an effort to keep raising awareness on intellectual property rights in the CARIFORUM region, the CarIPI team participated in Mona Law’s 8th annual Symposium on Law, Governance and Society – organised by the University of the West Indies in Jamaica.
After the Madrid Protocol entering into force in Jamaica on 27 March 2022, The Madrid Protocol Booklet for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica has been launched to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Jamaica have a clear understanding of the Madrid System and all its benefits.
CarIPI supported the participation of CARIFORUM representatives from the Intellectual Property Offices and judicial bodies in the IP Case Law Conference at the EUIPO premises in Alicante during 7 and 8 July 2022.
This event is organised by the Boards of Appeal of the EUIPO in cooperation with the EUIPO Academy on a biannual basis, and was held this year in hybrid format.
Following the IP Case Law Conference, CarIPI held an IP Cooperation Workshop with CF stakeholders at the EUIPO premises in Alicante on 11-12 July 2022. The workshop provided an opportunity for Intellectual Property Offices to discuss specific cooperation activities carried out over the past 2 years under the CarIPI Project and to set the framework for future activities.
On 29 June, the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI) team met with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) to discuss mentorship programme interventions with some of the identified producer groups of Jamaica (honey; castor oil), with a view to define the best programme strategy for each producer group.
On 16 June, the CarIPI team met with the Service for Industrial Property of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Haiti to discuss the main features and the methodology followed to develop the GI model law, with a view to tailor the technical assistance to Haiti in developing a GI legislation. Further discussions then revolved around future interventions targeting Haitian origin-linked products under the CarIPI mentorship programme.
In an effort to continue strengthening an intellectual property rights (IPRs) environment in the Caribbean that fosters innovation, trade and investment in Cuba, CarIPI (CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation project) has released a new practical guide in Spanish on the Madrid Protocol.
As of 13 June 2022, the Industrial Property Service of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Haiti (SPIMCI) will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass.
Following SPIMCI’s decision to use the HDB, there are now 24 IP offices outside the EU that use and accept terms from this database.
The inclusion of SPIMCI in TMclass brings the total number of participating national and regional IP offices, including ARIPO, OAPI, WIPO and the EUIPO, to 90.