Intellectual Property (IP) practitioners in Jamaica have
arguably witnessed more significant changes in the IP legal
landscape in the last two years, than they have two decades
prior.
2020 heralded a new law on patents and designs, with the Patents
and Designs Act being the first law to be enacted in Jamaica that
year. It was not until two years later, on February 11, 2022, that
the Patents and Designs Act came into effect making monumental
changes to the laws.
In the area of trademarks, significant amendments came into
effect on June 30, 2021, through the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act
which has imposed new conditions of protection and made way for
Jamaica's implementation of the Madrid Protocol for the
International Registration of Marks (the Protocol).
