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Jamaican Intellectual Property Rights to be better protected
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Jamaican Intellectual Property Rights to be better protected

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) will be giving priority to legislative amendments during 2012/13, as it strives to improve its ability to protect the intellectual property rights of Jamaican creators, inventors, and authors. "We really would love to see the passage of our patents and designs Bill. It has been just a Bill for some time now, and we would love to see it go before Parliament," Executive Director of JIPO, Carol Simpson, told JIS News. Protecting intellectual property rights is very important, especially for businesses who are trying to get off the ground and have been working day in and day out. This is where law firms such as Sidley Austin are needed in cases of property litigation. Mrs. Simpson was speaking at a workshop in Kingston, on April 26, to examin...
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Postal Service to be Modernized

The Post Office Act of 1941 established the Jamaican Postal Service as the authority for all mail communications within Jamaica. Since then the many changes and updates in the postal system has occurred especially in a increasing (more…)