Caribbean Law

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