Webinar “Coordination of Risk Management Systems”
This webinar targets senior officers from Customs Authorities of the 16 CARIFORUM countries with experience in IPR enforcement.
In particular, participants will:
CarIPI focuses on four expected results.
To achieve these results, the overall work plan sets a multiannual framework, complemented by four annual work plans to be developed each year.
A balanced approach is envisaged in terms of geographical distribution of activities in the CARIFORUM countries, different IP rights, and types of activities that can include, inter alia, studies, policy recommendations, workshops, conferences, peer-to-peer exchanges, technical support for IT tools, and promotion.
The activities are identified each year through a consultation process with the CARIFORUM States and the CARIFORUM Directorate, as well as other key stakeholders in the region.
Read more about our activities ...
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WP1 - Raising awareness on the benefits of IPR |
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IP management for OLPs: case studies & communications actions |
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IP awareness raising actions |
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Policy Level – Building IP awareness among National EPA Coordinators |
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WP2 - Institutional strengthening and digitalisation |
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Support IPOs in digitization of their business processes and databases |
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Specific technical support and training to the Haitian IPO |
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Training for judiciary on IP Dispute Resolution - IP Case Law Conference |
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Training on IP crime detection and enforcement for customs and police |
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WP3 - Regional harmonisation of law and practice |
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Support in drafting and implementing modernized IP laws |
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Registration Framework for Plant Variety Rights |
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Identify and document common practices in TM, Designs |
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Support deeper regional harmonisation efforts |
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WP4 - Generating value through IPR & business strategies |
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Mentorship programme for OLP/GI producer groups |
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This webinar targets senior officers from Customs Authorities of the 16 CARIFORUM countries with experience in IPR enforcement.
In particular, participants will:
This webinar aims to raise awareness of GI specifications and controls among producer groups, national standard setting bodies and related agencies/stakeholders, and exchange knowledge of the key role of control bodies/competent authorities in the management of a GI system
This webinar aims to enhance knowledge and skills of the business sector in Antigua and Barbuda on the use of the Madrid International Registration System. In promoting the Madrid Sytem, CarIPI wants to promote global branding among A&B entrepreneurs.
On 17 December CarIPI organised a virtual on-the-job training for officials from Caribbean IPOs on the implementation of Madrid System operations.
In 2020, the CarIPI project started to develop a model Geographical Indication (GI) law which can be used by CARIFORUM States to modernise their legal frameworks.
On 26 November 2020, we hosted a specialised training session on ‘Bad faith registration’ which took place via Zoom. IPO staff members had the opportunity to participate in the training and benefit from the knowledge from Ewelina Sliwinska, EUIPO Senior Expert on Legal Affairs.
On 24 November 2020, IPO staff members had the opportunity to take part in a specialised training session on ‘Unregistered marks and other signs used in the course of trade’.
Nowadays, every country in the world claims that their agricultural or traditional products and foods belong to a cultural or gastronomic heritage, as a symbol of the history of a country or a community. Such ‘origin linked products’ have not only a social, but also an economic dimension.
On 14 October, the CARIFORUM Directorate along with Intellectual Property (IP) Offices of its Member States, the European Union, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), will meet virtually to discuss present and future activities of CarIPI, a European Development Fund (EDF) i
In the framework of Act.5 of its Annual Work Plan, CarIPI will host an online workshop on TMclass and TMview, aimed at Registrars or Heads of TM departments of the Cariforum IPOs, with the objective to recap the benefits, as well as strategic and practical implications of the use of these tools.
Act. 12 is composed of different public awareness- and capacity building actions, intended to stimulate the private sector (especially SMEs, micro-enterprises and indigenous communities), to create, protect and manage their own value chains, and use IPR as a competitive tool.
The training is expected to strengthen the technical capacities and skills of the CF IP Offices staff on TM examination, with particular focus on TM opposition proceedings, and TM distinctiveness and likelihood of confusion.
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The training aims at strengthening the technical capacities and skills of the CF IP Offices staff on TM and GI examination. The online training will particularly focus on the technical aspects regarding the relations between GIs and TMs (incl.
The seminar is targeted at senior officers with responsibility in enforcement and experience in particular with IPR enforcement, from customs authorities and police of the 16 CARIFORUM countries.
25 June - Protecting non-EU Geographical Indications in the EU
On 19 May, the CarIPI project hosted a first large virtual meeting & training on trademarks classification delivered by a senior EUIPO legal expert, Mr Thom Clark, with the participation of representatives of almost all CARIFORUM countries, so as representatives from the CARIFORUM Directorate
Strengthening of the institutional framework together with capacity building and training in Plant Varieties Rights (PVR) is a priority for many IP Administrations of the CARIFORUM countries.
Concurrently with Suriname’s process of getting a new Industrial Property Law approved, covering patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, and GIs, CarIPI provided technical support to review the final text.
CarIPI collaborated with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in conducting a sub-regional workshop on the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, in Kingston (Jamaica) on 4-5 March 2020.