Caribbean Ministers Sign IP Development Agreement
Several Caribbean countries have signed up to a new agreement on intellectual
property development, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced
this week. Following the WIPO Ministerial Level Meeting on Intellectual Property for Caribbean
Countries, which was organized in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice and
Legal Affairs in Antigua and Barbuda, and held at St John's on November 28 and
29, it was revealed that Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica,
St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago all signed the multilateral agreement. According to WIPO: "The agreement establishes the terms of a project that is designed to
support a more effective integration of the region into the global economy by
fostering technological innovation, creativity and competitiveness through intensive
and effective mobilization and use of intellectual property." The Organization revealed that other governments in the region (such as the
Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, and Suriname, all of which attended last week's
meeting) are expected to sign the agreement over the next three months. .
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