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Considering International IP development trends and economic growth: Wither Caricom?

BY Abiola Inniss LLB,LLM,ACIArb In a recent article published in the WIPO ( World Intellectual Property Organization) Journal of May 2012 , titled "International Intellectual Property law and policy: Can the Caribbean region capitalize on current global developmental trends in IP rights and innovation policies?" this writer examined the WIPO report on the creation and exchange of intellectual property rights (IPRs) among developed and developing countries published in the last quarter of 2011and asked the question " In view of the current trends in innovation and IP development policies worldwide, how might the Caribbean region (Caricom) capitalize on current developments for economic growth?’ This question is of dire importance to the policy makers and citizens of the region who ought to become alarmed at the state of regional lassitude in this critical world economic sphere, especially since new technologies, the exchange of information, and knowledge managem