New Publications

* Foga Daley & Co reports on new developments on trademarks in Jamaica, "Trademark Owners Draw the Battle lines" - published in IP Value 2008: Building and enforcing intellectual property value: An international guide for the boardroom
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* Foga Daley & Co. reports on the IP War heating up in Jamaica - published in IP Value 2007:Building and enforcing intellectual property value: An international guide for the boardroom
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Archived copies of Foga, Daley's Articles on Intellectual Property

* FOGA DALEY & Co. reports on "Significant Intellectual Property Progress... on the Horizon" for Jamaica - published in IP Value 2006: Building and enforcing IP value: An international guide for the boardroom (click here for the article)

* FOGA DALEY & Co. article on Jamaica's growing awareness on IP Value was published in IP value 2005: Building and enforcing Intellectual Property Value: An international guide for the boardroom (click here for the article)

* FOGA DALEY & Co. writes on Intellectual Property ownership in Jamaica - published in the IAM magazine, May 2005 (Click here for the article)

Archived copies of Foga, Daley's LawBrieflets are also available for download here in .PDF format.

Vol. 3

Issue 01 - New Laws for a Biotechnology Sector: Pipe Dream or Necessary Reality?

Vol. 2

Issue 01 - Patent protection in Jamaica

Vol. 1

issue 01 - Intellectual Property Audits

issue 02 - Copyright & the Media: Some issues worth noting

issue 03 - Highlights of the Jamaican Telecommunications Act 2000

issue 04 - Establishing a Presence on the World Wide Web: Legal Considerations

issue 05 - New Trade Mark Law now in force in Jamaica

Other available publications:

By DIANNE DALEY

Copyright Law and Administration in Jamaica (1990-2000): A Decade of Positive Developments, (published in Copyright World September 2001 issue by Informa Publishing Group Ltd. United Kingdom

Copyright and Visual Arts in Jamaica (published in The Jamaica Journal Vol. 28 No. 1 June 2001 issue)

Intellectual Property in the 21st Century: Crossing new frontiers, facing new challenges, presented to the Judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica, September 2001

The Valuation of Intellectual Property and other Intangible Assets: An imperative in the New Global Economy, presented at the Caribbean Executive Conference on the Global New Economy: Opportunities for Caribbean Business
Development, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2001

Protection of Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge in Jamaica and the Role of the Intellectual Property Office, presented at the WIPO National Training Workshop on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge May, 2001

Legal Protection of Traditional Culture and Folklore, presented at the UNESCO Seminar on the Application of the Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore UNESCO (1989) in the Caribbean Countries, Kingston, Jamaica May 2001

Copyright Protection: An Overview, paper presented in the British Virgin Islands for UNESCO’s World Book & Copyright Day, April 2001

"Copyright and Access to Information: Addressing the Challenges of the Digital Age" paper presented at the UNESCO InfoEtica 2000, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, October 2000

Intellectual Property Systems: Implications at Global, Regional and National Levels: Different integration Perspectives and Approaches of the Caribbean Community, presented at the WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property, Trade, Technological Innovation and Competitiveness, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June, 2000

Legislation and administration of Copyright and Related Rights in Developing Countries:
The Experience of Jamaica, presented at the WIPO – Sweden Training Course on Copyright, Stockholm, August 2000

Intellectual Property and the Convention on Biological Diversity: National Issues, paper presented at the Workshop on the Implementation of the Obligations Under the Biological Diversity Convention of 1992, May 1999

"Current Legal Protection of Intellectual Property in the Caribbean Region" presented at the WIPO-CARICOM Seminar on Intellectual Property for Caribbean Countries, Dominica and the WIPO National Seminar on Intellectual Property for Caribbean Countries, Belize, April 1999

Copyright Info-Letter (Local Copyright Newsletter) 1996-1999 Editor and Producer, Published by the Jamaica Information Service

By NICOLE FOGA

"Intellectual Property and Electronic Commerce: The Caribbean Experience", Bulgaria, May 2001,. Presented at the WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property, the Internet, Electronic Commerce and Traditional Knowledge.

"The Government of Jamaica’s Telecommunications Policy: From Formulation to Implementation"Prepared for the Meeting of Caribbean Telecommunication Regulators, Montego Bay, Jamaica
July 2000.

"Electronic Commerce: Emerging Issues", May 2000, Presented at the WIPO Regional meeting on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property for Development for Caribbean Countries.

"The Internet and Intellectual Property Rights: Implications for the Caribbean", May 1999, Presented for and published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation

"Changes in the Jamaican Legal and Regulatory Framework in light of the Convergence of Telecommunications, Computing and Electronic Media Services and the Growth of the Internet", June 1998. Presented for and published by the International Telecommunications Society

The Liberalization of the Telecommunications Industry in CARICOM :
Case Study Jamaica and Dominica
Presented at the International Telecommunications Society Biennium Conference Argentina.
by Nicole Foga & Delreo Newman

The provision of telecommunications by a monopoly provider has been a common characteristic among CARICOM countries for decades. While by the 1990s almost all CARICOM countries had been privatized, privatization was not quickly accompanied by liberalization. In most CARICOM countries telecommunications services is provided on a monopoly basis …
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