The Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) is a Barbadian
governmental agency
A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administratio ...
in charge of various aspects of
industrial property right affairs including:
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
s,
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from othe ...
s, and
industrial designs. It is a division of the Ministry of Industry & International Business. The CAIPO office is located on Belmont Road,
Saint Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
,
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...
. The country ranks as one of the top countries where the greatest number of foreign patents are legally based.
National legislation
Corporate affairs in Barbados are covered by the following Acts:
*Companies Act
*Registration of Business Names Act
*Bills of Sale Act
*Small Business Development Act
*Notarial acts
*Public Documents Act
*Pharmacy Act
*Limited Partnerships Act
*Registration of Newspapers Act
*Trade Unions Act
Intellectual property in Barbados are covered by the following Acts:
*Trademarks Act
*Patents Act
*Industrial Designs Act
At the international level, the department works very closely with the
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishi ...
(WIPO) and its subregional unit known as the Cooperation for Development Bureau for Latin American and Caribbean.
Treaties and conventions
Barbados is a signatory to the following copyright and intellectual property treaties and conventions influencing local laws:
Currently Barbados has yet to finalise or is absent from:
Domain names and trademarks
Additionally, CAIPO is entrusted with the handling of legal issues pertaining to Barbados'
.bb
.bb is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Barbados.
History
The .bb top-level domain has been maintained by several administrators since its creation, the first of which being the University of Puerto Rico.
In 1996, the Gov ...
ccTLD
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all ...
and second-level domains including: .co.bb, .com.bb, .net.bb, .org.bb, .info.bb, .store.bb, .tv.bb, .biz.bb .
See also
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Patent office
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List of parties to international copyright treaties
Below is a list of countries which have signed and ratified one or more multilateral international copyright treaties. This list covers only multilateral treaties (i.e., treaties by more than two countries). It does not include bilateral treat ...
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List of parties to international patent treaties
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This is a list of parties to international patent treaties which are open to all states.
;Paris:Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Paris, 1883-03-20, came into force 1884-07-07
;PCT:Patent Cooperation Treaty, Was ...
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List of parties to international related rights treaties
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List of company registers
This is a list of official business registers around the world.
There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, ...
References
External links
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Public search for current CAIPO trademarks registered
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Government agencies of Barbados
Intellectual property organizations
Patent offices
Treaties of Barbados