Wither Caribbean Intellectual Property in 2023? BY Dr. Abiola Inniss Ph.D. LLM Executive Director CAAIPO It seems endemic to Caribbean society that policy planning and execution in almost all spheres is based either on current needs arising from past partially resolved issues, or in pursuit of world trends such as technological developments which require regulatory coping strategies, especially in the areas of innovation and technology. It is not as common for governments in the region to create policies with the intention of stimulating technological innovation. Most of the time policy efforts are aimed at bolstering the efforts of small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) so that they might contribute to the GDP of the country through the creation of jobs and perhaps with incentives where there are some elements of technological innovation present. These two approaches are quite different and not to be conflated on
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