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IP Reform Enactment Imminent for Bermuda
As reported by HSM IP, Intellectual Property (IP) reform is in the pipeline in Bermuda, with the Government of Bermuda’s Registry General sharing recently that the enactment of its updated Trade Marks Law is anticipated later in 2024. The Registry Read more +
WTR 1000 Recognises HSM IP and Huw Moses in 2024 Guide
World Trade Mark Review (WTR) has recognised HSM IP and Huw Moses in their latest guide: WTR 1000 2024 (Pan-Caribbean). This is the seventh year in a row that HSM IP has been recommended by WTR 1000. HSM IP is Read more +
HSM IP Presents INTA Unreal Campaign to CIFEC Students
HSM IP was pleased to present the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Unreal Campaign to over 25 students at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) on 8 December 2023. HSM IP’s Mrinali Menon (Senior IP Manager) and Shirly Ramirez (IP Read more +
HSM IP Welcomes Senior Intellectual Property Manager
Mrinali Menon has joined HSM IP in the Cayman Islands as their new Senior Intellectual Property (IP) Manager. Overseeing a team of 10 IP specialists, Mrinali has over eight years of global legal experience, having worked in the United States (New Read more +
HSM IP Highlights New Trade Marks and Design Laws
HSM IP’s Attorney Sophie Davies delivered a presentation on the implications of the new Trade Marks and Design Laws that will become effective in the Cayman Islands on 1 August 2017 at the Chamber of Commerce on 19 July 2017. Ms. Davies educated the audience on the procedural and substantive aspects of the new laws.
The Trade Marks Law, 2016, the Design Rights Registration Law, 2016 and the Patents and Trade Marks (Amendment) Law 2016, which were passed late 2016, will become effective in the Cayman Islands on 1 August 2017. The practice of re-registering UK and EU trade mark registrations in the Cayman Islands will end on 31 July 2017 and direct filings will be accepted for the first time. The practice of re-registering UK Registered Designs and Registered Community Designs in the Cayman Islands will be introduced for the first time (direct filings are not available). The practice of re-registering UK and EP(UK) patents to the Cayman Islands will continue (direct filings are not available).
Managing Partner Huw Moses notes: “We are pleased to share our IP expertise with local business owners and look forward to helping them protect their Intellectual Property rights under the new law.”