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Trinidad and Tobago
The Trade Marks Regulations, 2020
The Trade Marks Regulations, 2020 which is subject to the negative resolution of Parliament seeks to provide for the effective regulation of matters under the Trade Marks Act, No. 8 of 2015 (“the Act”) which was assented to on the 12th of June 2015. These Regulations seek to modernize the current trade mark legislation to meet international norms and practices in accordance with international treaties and conventions. The Trade Marks Regulations, 2020 is in tandem with the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, for which Trinidad and Tobago deposited the instrument of accession on October 4, 2019. The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks in particular, brings harmonization of administrative trade mark registration procedures especially in the field of communication technologies. As such, the Trade Marks Regulations, 2020 seeks to establish the electronic online system to facilitate, inter alia, the electronic filing of trade marks. The Trade Marks Regulations, 2020 seeks to provide users with more efficient, cost-effective operations and convenient delivery of services as it pertains to trade mark matters.
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