WTR recognition – Dianne Daley McClure
WTR recommended Individual – Dianne Daley, Intellectual Property Partner, Foga Daley
Breaking News on Intellectual Property!
It’s finally here! Jamaica’s modern Patents and Designs Act is in effect as of today, doing away with the Patent Act of 1857 and the Designs Act of 1937. New law, new opportunities. Patent applicants can now access Jamaica via the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Design applicants via the Hague Agreement. National patent and designs …
From 1857 to 2022 – Jamaica takes a quantum leap into a 21st Century Patent System
After several years of exhaustive consultations, protracted deliberations and draft laws, a new Patents and Designs Act was passed by the Jamaican Parliament in January 2020, (the New Law) in compliance with Jamaica’s obligations under the 1995 World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS Agreement). The implementation of the new law …
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Jamaica arrives at ‘Destination Madrid’: What next for trademark owners?
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, which came into force on June 30, 2021, heralds a very new era for all trademark proprietors with interests in the Island of Jamaica. The 2021 Act augmented the protection for nation branding by giving the Registrar power to impose conditions or limitations on trademarks containing Country names, maps, colours, …
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Aneisha Brown Dixon
Aneisha graduated from the University of the West Indies in 2016 with a Bachelor of Laws Degree with Honours and from the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) in 2018 after obtaining her Legal Education Certificate.
Foga Daley gives back
IP Partner Dianne Daley McClure, presenting Sheikheema Huma, Head Girl of St. Patrick’s Primary School, with a bursary to cover some of her upcoming high school expenses. As a part of Foga Daley’s vision to be a socio-economic change agent in the communities in which we operate based on Christian principles, the firm provides scholarships …
Jamaica: A step closer to the Madrid Protocol
On June 11, 2021, Jamaica’s Upper House of Parliament passed the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act bringing the country just steps away from accession to the Madrid Protocol. The Act cleared the Lower House on June 1 and quickly made its way to the Senate. It is not known exactly when the Amendment Act will come …
Rachael Lodge Corrie
Rachael has distinguished herself in Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Commercial Law and has gained special recognition as a young practitioner in the international trademark community.
Dianne Daley McClure
Dianne is the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Appeals [Trademarks] Tribunal, Design Rights Tribunal and the Copyright Tribunal.
