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Okt 16, 2012
George C. J. Moore, Caribbean Trademark Services, USA
Katherine Van Deusen, Caribbean Trademark Services, USA
Reprinted with permission from INTA Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 15 – Sept. 1, 2012

Comprehensive New Trademark Act Adopted in Grenada


George C. J. Moore, Caribbean Trademark Services, USA, Katherine Van Deusen, Caribbean Trademark Services, USA, Reprinted with permission from INTA Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 15 – Sept. 1, 2012Grenada has at last enacted a new trademark statute, the Trademarks Act, 2012, thereby becoming the last of 11 British Commonwealth nations in the Caribbean to adopt a comprehensive new trademark system to accommodate and deal with the world’s burgeoning trademark business.
Enacted on January 13, 2012, the new Act went into operation on August 1, 2012, when the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) commenced receiving applications under the Act.
An English common law jurisdiction, Grenada is identical to other common law nations in that it accords priority to the first to use over the first to file.
Cast off by the new Act is Grenada’s years-long exclusive reliance upon UK-registered marks, previously the only path to registration of a trademark in Grenada, as without a preexisting UK registration no one could apply to register any mark in Grenada.  read more