TRADEMARKS REQUIREMENTS TO FILE IN JAMAICA

If the applicant is not domiciled in this jurisdiction, a local address for service must be provided.

Joint applicants are permitted in this jurisdiction.

Either actual use or intent to use is required for application.

The following information is required to complete an application:

  • Name and address of the applicant;

  • State or country of incorporation;

  • Proof of citizenship;

  • Representation of trademark (a depiction of the mark an applicant seeks to register);

  • List of goods/services (Class headings no longer permitted);

  • Official filing fee.

While all of the items noted in the list immediately above are required to complete an application, only the following items from that list are required in order to secure a filing date:

  • Name and address of the applicant;

  • State or country of incorporation;

  • Representation of trademark (a depiction of the mark an applicant seeks to register);

  • List of goods / services.

  • The list of goods and services in this jurisdiction may specify:

  • A list of names commonly used in the trade for the specific goods or services of interest. 

With respect to the specification of goods, on February 4, 2015, the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) issued a practice direction on class headings which became effective on March 4, 2015. The effect of the practice direction is to prohibit the filing of trademark applications that designate international class headings as specifications of goods or services. Accordingly, a trademark applicant is now required to provide the specific goods or services for which trademark protection is being sought.

The following number of copies of the trademark must be submitted:

  • one representation to be included in the trademark application
  • and four additional representations per class.

Although not a filing requirement, a power of attorney might need to be submitted during prosecution in the following circumstances:

  • if there is a change of attorney.

    In this jurisdiction, the following type of registration is available:

    • national.

    This jurisdiction is not a party to either the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol and may not be designated in international applications.

    This country is not a member of the European Union; a Community Trademark is not effective in this jurisdiction.

    No multinational regional registrations are available in this jurisdiction.

    Applications cannot be filed online.

    The official file cannot be accessed online.

    Applications are officially searched as to prior trademarks. Searching takes three months.

    Requirements for renewal in JAMIACA

    • Copy of the original certificate of registration in order to double-check the details of the trademark.

    Requirements for title update in JAMAICA

    Change of name; change of address requirements

    •  Document of the recordal duly apostilled.

    Assignment requirement

    • Document of the Assignment, duly apostilled.
    • Notarization

    Requirements for patent (s) in JAMAICA

    • Power of attorney
    • Legalized declaration as to ownership
    • Specification in duplicate
    • Drawings in duplicate

    Requirements for design(s) in jamaica

    • The applicant supplies basic personal information (name, nationality and address for service).
    • States the class or classes of goods that the design is to be applied to.
    • States the nature of the design.

     

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