JIPO / WIPO move to protect brand Jamaica

The use of a country name by third party with no association with the country can have a severe impact on a developing country’s economy,

according to the governments of Jamaica and Barbados.The Caribbean nations are asking this week that the World Intellectual Property Organization undertake a study on the protection of country names in the context of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT).

During the last session of the SCT in January, Jamaica and Barbados READMORE..at Intellectual Property Watch [2]