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.
Mrs. Simpson was speaking at a workshop in Kingston, on April 26, to examine Information Technology and Intellectual Property issues in the digital age. She also noted that focus would be on other pieces of Intellectual Property legislation, including the issue of copyright, especially as it relates to the World Intellectual Prop...