Regional Training on Intellectual Property for Caribbean Countries
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Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (right), in discussion with (from left) Professor, University of Colima, Mexico, Dr. Oscar Javier Solorio Pérez; Head of Caribbean Section, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Carol Simpson; and Trademarks, Design and Geographical Indications Manager, JIPO, Adrienne Thompson, at a training course on Intellectual Property for Caribbean countries, at JIPO’s New Kingston office, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. The training course, held August 13-16, was hosted by JIPO in collaboration with WIPO. The countries that participated in the training were Belize, The Bahamas, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Suriname, St. Lucia and Jamaica.
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