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Caribbean
Trademark
Services
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Caribbean Trade Mark Services Provided by
George C.J. Moore,
Esq.
Barrister & Attorney
Admitted to the Bar
in England (Inner Temple),
Florida & Eight Countries in the Caribbean
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"One-Stop Center"
for Caribbean Trademarks : Registrations,
Renewals, Searches & Enforcement
of Caribbean Trade Marks for these 18 Caribbean
Jurisdictions:
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ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA, BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS, BELIZE,
BERMUDA,
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN,
DOMINICA, GRENADA,
GUYANA, JAMAICA,
MONTSERRAT,
ST. KITTS - NEVIS, ST.
LUCIA,
ST. VINCENT, TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO,
AND TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS |
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Click For:
Power of Attorney Forms | Caribbean
Trademark Update
TM Registration Request
Form | Service
Mark Protection in the Caribbean
George C.J. Moore,
Barrister
& Attorney
Admitted to the Bar in England (Inner Temple) & Eight Countries
in the Caribbean
Cambridge University Degrees
in English Law & International Law.
Admitted to the bar in England, Florida, U.S. Supreme Court and
Eight Countries in the Caribbean:
Anguilla, Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat,
St. Lucia &
Turks & Caicos Islands.
Board Certified Specialist in Int'l Law by Florida Bar - Chair,
Int'l Law Certification board of Fla. Bar, 2004-.
INTA Member since 1982: INTA External Affairs Subcommittee,
2001-present; INTA FTAA Subcommittee, 2000-2001; INTA TRIPS Subcommittee,
1999-2000; INTA Bulletin Subcommittee, 1997-99;
INTA Editorial Board, The Trademark Reporter, 1983-1985.
Member: AIPLA, ASIPI, ECTA, ITMA,
LES, MARQUES & PTMG
Country Contributor to World Trademark Law & Practice and
to E-Mark (5 Caribbean Jurisdictions)
Author of more than 40 Articles on International Business
& Caribbean Law.
Protect Your
Client's Name, Products, Services, Reputation, Investment &
Goodwill
in the Many Jurisdictions of the Commonwealth Caribbean
NB: UK Trademark Registrations Cover only
the British Isles in Europe
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Update on Caribbean Trademark
Legislation
Recently, the Caribbean
has been a hotbed of trademark law modernization. Sweeping new trademark
laws were put into force in 2003 in St. Kitts-Nevis and in St. Lucia,
and just recently this year in St. Vincent. New trademark laws went
into effect in 2002 in Anguilla while, in 2001, new trademark regimes
were put into operation in both Belize and Jamaica. Currently, a
draft trademark act is circulating in Turks & Caicos Islands,
which recently amended its laws to permit registration of service
marks.
Service marks can
now be registered in all but a small handful of Commonwealth Caribbean
jurisdictions.
In none of the Commonwealth
Caribbean jurisdictions is prior use necessary to register a mark,
and all of the countries and territories retain the doctrine of
according priority of right to the first to use, rather than the
first to file. Renewal of a trademark registration does not require
any declaration regarding use – except in Barbados and now
in Belize, both of which require a specific assertion as to use.
The common law right
to bring an action for "passing off" has been retained
in all of the Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions.
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