Many companies and businesses utilize the symbols TM and ® to put other traders on notice of their claim or intended claim to a specific sign, symbol or phrase. However, what is the real difference between these two symbols and why is it importa What is...
Singer Rihanna attends the 4th annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION/AP Global superstar Rihanna, full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, has filed a lawsuit against her father, Ronald Fenty, over the name...
A jury found that the singer’s 2013 hit copied elements of a 2008 Christian rap song called “Joyful Noise.” A nine-person jury returned a unanimous verdict that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” had infringed the copyright of a song by the artist Flame.CreditCreditKevin Winter/Getty Images For Coachella A...
WIPO Academy, in partnership with the Intellectual Property (IP) Office of Trinidad and Tobago organized the first “training of trainers” session from July 8 to 12, as part of the joint project to establish the National Intellectual Property Training Centre (NIPTC) of Trinidad and Tobago. The NIPTC will...
Rights of Photographers and Graphic Artists Copyright protection subsists automatically in works. However, for copyright protection to subsist, an author’s work must be Original. Where copyright protection subsists in a work, the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, adapt, communicate to the public...
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (GIs) AND WHY WE NEED MORE GIs IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO by Terita Kalloo Surprisingly, Geographical Indications (“GIs”) is not a term the majority of the population is familiar with but it is one which our local producers, consumers and authorities need to pay...
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Documentation required: ⦁ Industrial Design application form ⦁ Authorization of agent (duplicate) ⦁ Statutory declaration (duplicate, only file if applicant is not creator) ⦁ At least 4 views for each 3D design and at least 1 view for 2D designs ( submitted in duplicate, A4 sized Bristol board) - Each...
What is copyright Copyright is a form of protection for original literary, artistic, musical and dramatic works. This protection affords the author of the work the exclusive right to copy the work and to control the copying of the work by third parties. Notably, the work...
WHAT IS A PATENT?“A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention...
APPLICATION FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO What can be protected as a GI in TT? ⦁ Any natural or agricultural product ⦁ Any product of handicraft or industry What cannot be protected as a GI in TT? ⦁ A GI that falsely represents to be from another...