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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 +
Cayman Trade Mark Spotlight: The Security Centre
Kate Cleary, an Intellectual Property Manager at HSM IP, reached out to The Security Centre to get its feedback on registering their trade mark in the Cayman Islands. Kate spoke with Natasha Whitelocke (Director – Admin, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs) Read more +
INTA Bulletin: Cayman Islands - New Data Protection Law Comes into Effect
Sophie Peat (HSM’s Senior Intellectual Property Associate) shares details on Cayman’s Data Protection Law with International Trademark Association (INTA).
The Data Protection Law, 2017 (the Law) came into force in the Cayman Islands on September 30, 2019. The Law fills a noticeable gap in the existing legislation and will help to ensure that internationally accepted data protection and data privacy standards are adhered to in this key off-shore jurisdiction.
According to the Law, personal data (broadly defined) must be obtained and processed in accordance with several key principles. For example, data must be accurate, adequate, processed fairly, obtained only for one or more specified lawful purposes, relevant and not excessive with respect to the purpose for which it was collected, and kept up to date where necessary.
Cayman Islands businesses will need to ensure that adequate data protection policies and procedures are implemented to ensure compliance. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can meet any requests for access to personal data from data subjects, as well as quickly address any breaches that may arise.
Penalties for noncompliance include fines of up to CI $100,000 (approximately US $120,000) per breach and/or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. Serious contraventions of the Law likely to cause substantial damage or distress to data subjects may also result in monetary penalties of up to CI $250,000.
Source: https://www.inta.org/INTABulletin/Pages/cayman_islands_7417.aspx