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HSM IP Presents INTA Unreal Campaign to 200 Students at John Gray High School
HSM IP was pleased to present the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Unreal Campaign to over 200 students at John Gray High School (JGHS) on 24 September 2025. HSM IP’s Mrinali Menon (Senior IP Manager) and Shirly Ramirez (IP Administrative Assistant) Read more +
Lexology Index Recommends Huw Moses in IP Trademarks 2025 Guide
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has featured Huw Moses as a notable Intellectual Property expert in their recently released 2025 Trademarks Guide. Lexology Index says: Clients praise Huw Moses’ “complete knowledge of trademark law, legal excellence and responsiveness” and further Read more +
Bermuda’s Revamped Trade Marks Law Takes Effect on 1 August 2025
The Government of Bermuda has announced that the enactment of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2025 (the “Amendment Act”), originally scheduled for 1 July 2025, has been pushed back, and has been enacted as of 1 August 2025. The Amendment Read more +
HSM Welcomes Four Interns to 2025 Summer Internship Programme
The HSM Group is proud to continue its summer internship programme with four young professionals: Jayden Nembhard, Shannell Stewart, Azaria Ruiz‑Bodden and Ahmoya Morrison. These individuals were a part of the 2024-25 CIFEC internship curriculum, which began in October 2024 through Read more +
Changes to the payment of Annual Fees in the Cayman Islands
The General Registry of the Cayman Islands has issued Practice Note No. 01/2016 which states that starting 1 August 2016 patent and trade mark annual fee payments will no longer be accepted in advance of 1 January in the year in which they fall due.
It is therefore no longer possible to pay annual fees up to the year of renewal of a trade mark, or the year of expiry of a patent, in advance. Instead, annual fees due in 2017 must be paid on or after 1 January 2017. Annual fees due in 2018 must be paid on or after 1 January 2018, etc.
Where annual fees remain unpaid on 31 March of each year, a penalty fee will continue to accrue. Furthermore, the Registry will not accept payment of the outstanding annual fee unless the applicable penalty is paid simultaneously and together with any outstanding fees (including outstanding penalty fees) due in respect of prior years.
What steps should trade mark and patent owners take?
Trade mark and patent owners should review their Cayman Islands portfolios to check whether annual fee payments are paid up to date, and if not, ensure that any outstanding years are paid along with the next due annual fee payment on 1 January 2017.