Caribbean Trade Reference Centre

Caribbean Trade Reference Centre

 Intellectual Property Rights

Antigua / Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana

Haïti Jamaica St. Kitts / Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent/ Grenadines Suriname Trinidad / Tobago

Countries


   Antigua & Barbuda   

Patents Act, Chapter 203, effective June 30, 1956, amended 1961
Chapter 332, the Trademarks Ordinance (revised), effective December 31, 1961


   Bahamas   

Industrial Property Act 1965 (No. 85 of 1965)

Act to amend the Industrial Property Act, 1975
Industrial Property Rules, 1967, effective June 1, 1967
Industrial Property (Amendment) Rules, 1975


   Barbados

Copyright Act, 1998

Patents Act, December 21, 1981, as Amended by the Intellectual Property Acts (Amendment) Act 1984- June 22, 1984
Patents Regulations, 1984
Trademarks Act, December 21, 1981, as Amended by the Intellectual Property Acts (Amendment) Act 1984- June 22, 1984
Trademarks Regulations, 1984
Industrial Designs Act, December 21, 1981


   Belize

Trademarks: Ordinance No.1, effective February 17, 1939; Amendment Ordinance No. 21, effective November 18, 1939.
Patents and Designs (Amendment) Ordinance, 1980 (215)
Copyright Bill, 2000 / Ley de Derecho de Autor, 2000
Industrial Designs Bill, 2000 / Ley de Dibujos y Modelos Industriales, 2000
Patents Bill, 2000 / Ley de Patentes, 2000
Protection of Layout-Designs (Topographies) Bill, 2000 / 
Ley de Protección de los Esquemas de Trazado (Topografías), 2000
Protection of New Plant Varieties Bill, 2000 / 
Ley de Protección de las Nuevas Obtenciones Vegetales, 2000
Trade Marks Bill, 2000 / Ley de Marcas de Fábrica o de Comercio, 2000


   Dominica
Chapter 332, the Trademarks Ordinance (revised), effective December 31, 1961


   Grenada

Trade Marks- Ordinance N. 6, effective April 12, 1939
Rules of October 12, 1939

Patents-New Ordinance N.14 of 1932


   Guyana
Chapter 90:03 Patents and Designs Act, January 1, 1938
Trade Marks Ordinance N. 67 of 1952, effective January 1, 1956


   Haïti
Law on Literary and Artistic Property, October 8, 1885
Law of December 14, 1922
Patents and Trade Marks Decree of June 19, 1960


   Jamaica
Copyright Act, 1st September, 1993
Trade Marks Act
Patent Act


   St. Lucia
Commercial Code, Chapter X, Part III, Trade Marks, with amendments to June 30, 1957
Commercial Code, Title X, Part I, Patents


   St. Kitts and Nevis
Revised Edition of the Laws ordinance, 1959. Registration of United Kingdom Patents Act
Chapter 191 (Registration of UK trademarks): Chapter 192 (original registration of trademarks).


   St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Copyright Act, 1989 (No 53 of December 27, 1989)
Registration of UK Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 1956

Patent Rules, 1925

Trade Marks: Ordinance N. 5 of 1940, effective Sept. 3, 1940


   Suriname
Royal Ordinance (Regulation for Industrial Property, 1912) of August 19, 1912, amended by Decree of August 31, 1984


   Trinidad and Tobago
The Copyright Act, 1997
Patents Act, 1996
Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1997 (Act 31 of 1997)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 1997
Industrial Designs Act, 1996
Geographical Indications Act, 1996
Protection Against Unfair Competition Act, 1996
Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act, 1996