Caribbean Law

Caribbean Intellectual Property Law and Policy: The Civil and Common Law Caribbean.  BOOK By Dr. Abiola Inniss The book examines aspects of intellectual property law and policy in the Caribbean, including a comparative analysis of the English speaking common law system, the Dutch, French and Spanish civil law systems of Suriname, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. It will detail the foundations of the local law and policy, and examine international conventions and their influence upon the laws and policies. This book will discuss the theoretical foundations of Caribbean Intellectual Property and provide a comprehensive overview of areas such as traditional knowledge, patents, copyright, trademarks and industrial design. The aim of the book is to make a significant contribution to the body of knowledge on Intellectual Property in the Caribbean region. There is currently no book of this kind on the subject. In this age of the digital economy and attached requisites in intellectua

                             By Dr. Abiola Inniss    Ph.D.   LLM                           Between the years 2013-2017, I conducted a study which investigated how intellectual property law and public policies in the four largest Caricom economies (Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica) affected the choices made by firms about innovation and technology. The results were validated by a team of peer reviewers. The findings were interesting and even startling, because they revealed that innovation in firms of medium and large size across these sample countries, except one, were reluctant to invest in innovations and accompanying technologies, even where there was more focus on intellectual property rights (IPRs), laws and policies. In the case of Guyana, there are no visible policies on IPRs, the laws are outdated, and there is minimal enforcement, nevertheless it is in this country that the highest levels of endogenous innovations exist. There can be no sou

By Dr. Abiola Inniss Ph;D; LLM The book examines aspects of intellectual property law and policy in the Caribbean, including a comparative analysis of the English speaking common law system, the Dutch, French and Spanish civil law systems of Suriname, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. It will detail the foundations of the local law and policy, and examine international conventions and their influence upon the laws and policies. This book will discuss the theoretical foundations of Caribbean Intellectual Property and provide a comprehensive overview of areas such as traditional knowledge, patents, copyright, trademarks and industrial design. The aim of the book is to make a significant contribution to the body of knowledge on Intellectual Property in the Caribbean region. There is currently no book of this kind on the subject. In this age of the digital economy and attached requisites in intellectual property, there is need for greater knowledge of how the IP system operates

                                                                                                 By Dr. Abiola Inniss, Ph.D. LLM                                                              In September 2017, I completed a qualitative case study titled “Examining Intellectual Property Rights Innovation and Technology within the Caricom Single Market and Economy”. T his qualitative case study was designed to examine the effects of government policies pertaining to intellectual property rights, innovation, and technology on firms in select CSME countries. I used the sample of the four largest economies in the CSME grouping, namely Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.    Among the key issues examined were that Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) firms operate under various laws and policies on intellectual property rights (IPRs), innovation and technology, and that international analyses and rankings rate the CSME countries’ performance as poor in comparison

                                                      Reflections on IP rights in Guyana “It has long been the contention of this writer, that this 1956 Act is woefully inadequate for the local and international circumstances in which the country and its citizens now operate, and that there is the need to create legislation that balances the interests of citizens, producers, artists, resellers and others who may hold title in Intellectual Property Rights. This undertaking cannot constitute a single piece of legislation but must be a series of laws that deal with modern issues such as indigenous rights, modern patents, internet laws, private international law, consumer laws and international business law .” ( Abiola Inniss Ph.D. LLM) The Guyana Government and the protection of Copyright laws. (October 2012) By Abiola Inniss         Recent weeks have found the Intellectual Property scene in Guyana astir with activity. According to reports the Guyana Government declar