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Further to mandates instituted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness under The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Orders, to protect the health and safety of Jamaicans in light of the SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, steps are now being taken to lawfully allow companies to hold hybrid meetings, a combination of in person and virtual meetings,Continue reading “Amendments to the Companies Act to facilitate hybrid or virtual annual general meetings”

IN these trying times, music can still be described as one thing that, when it hits you, you feel no pain. What can be rather painful, however, is when, having exerted much effort to create a work in music, you are not recognised as the owner of your work, or you do not profit fromContinue reading “Copyright owners in the music industry”

JAMPRO, the Government’s trade promotion agency, is indicating that it is fielding queries from several overseas companies wanting to operate from Jamaica. The entity, through its manager for IT enabled services, Vivion Scully, however, said, it “…cannot reveal specific information like names about potential investors until they have given us approval to do so [or]Continue reading “More BPO companies eyeing Jamaica”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit, under the theme “Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry”, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

    SEE FULL FLYER   Register now and join us for the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit (CATIS), under the theme “Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry” (Tomorrow) Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:00 -1:00 p.m. See you there!! Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KLPkZcaoQQOAHgvv3B9YkQ  

Having easy access to information about nutritional facts and ingredients of packaged food items will enable consumers to make healthier food choices and potentially reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in Jamaica. One of the tools used to inform consumers about product content is front-of-package labelling (FOPL), which indicates that an itemContinue reading “Front-of-package labelling a key tool in fighting against NCDs”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the Ministry is in the final stages of preparing the documents of accession, which will allow local trademark owners to safeguard their marks internationally, using the Madrid Protocol. Accession to the global treaty, administered by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property OrganizationContinue reading “Jamaica In Final Stages Of Preparing Accession Documents To Madrid Protocol”

Caribbean entrepreneurs are to benefit from greater protection of industrial designs under the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Hague System which provides a unique international mechanism for securing and managing design rights. Industrial designs represent the ornamental or aesthetic qualities of a product. They mark the appearance of a product through specific features or linesContinue reading “Entrepreneurs offered greater intellectual property design protection under Hague System”

Jamaican medical ganja producer Pure Jamaican has rushed to aid St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in reviving its local ganja industry, which was destroyed by La Soufrière volcano in April this year. The Jamaican company has donated 10,000 premium, award-winning, feminised ganja seeds to SVG. This represents the first legal export of ganja materialContinue reading “Jamaican medical ganja producer aiding St Vincent and the Grenadines in reviving ganja production”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the virtual Stakeholders Webinar on the Madrid Protocol, hosted by the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hope Gardens, Kingston on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Other presentersContinue reading “Virtual Stakeholders Webinar on the Madrid Protocol”