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...