Corporate
Affairs and Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual
Property
General
Information
The 'Intellectual Property Section'
of the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual
Property Office is responsible for administering Barbados' intellectual
property rights system and for advising the Ministry of Industry and
International Business on the technical and policy issues which underlie
Barbados' intellectual property rights regime.
Intellectual Property
comprises two (2) main branches, namely:
Industrial Property for inventions called patents, trade marks or
service marks, integrated circuits, geographical indications, plant
breeder's rights and industrial
designs; and
Copyright for literary, musical, artistic, photographic and
audiovisual works and related rights.
To obtain protection for
any form of "Industrial Property" the right-holder must make an application to the
Office in the prescribed manner. After examination of the application, the
Director may grant or renew these rights as the case may be according to law.
Registers are kept by the Director in respect of the various categories of
industrial property rights and public records are maintained for the
information of interested rights-holders and members of the public. Under
Barbados law, any rights-holder or other person who is aggrieved by any
act or decision of the Director has a right of appeal to the High Court
against any act or decision of the Director affecting their rights.
In contrast, there are no
such formalities required to obtain Copyright protection. Copyright
protection for the creator/author starts as soon as the work is created
and no application to the Office for protection is required.
Barbados is a party to
many international treaties and conventions which
recognize intellectual property rights of several kinds, and which
guarantee protection and legal recourse to rights-holders in line with
internationally accepted standards.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The preceding notes and all published material contained in this website
are intended to provide general information to the public on the various
topics covered. The material published on this website is the copyright of
the Government of Barbados and may not be reproduced in whole or part
unless permission is first obtained from the Corporate Affairs and
Intellectual Property Office. Further, the information provided on this
website should not be used in substitution for consulting the texts of the
relevant Laws of Barbados or seeking independent legal or other advice.
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