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25 April 2019

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Minister Audley Shaw made his 2019 Sectoral Presentation titled, "On the Road to Prosperity...Growing Jamaica's Industries." Click here to read. 

Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Denzil Thorpe; Political/Economic Specialist, United States Embassy, Elvis James; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, at the launch of Intellectual Property (IP) Week 2019, at JAMPRO’s Business Auditorium, Trafalgar Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 23. JIPO is observing IP Week from April 23-28, under the theme ‘IP and Sports Reach for Gold’. IP Week is Jamaica’s celebrations surrounding World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) observed by JIPO’s international partner, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)- celebrating innovation and creativity while promoting intellectual property’s role in fostering and encouraging them.

New Patents and Designs Bill to be tabled in Parliament

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 25 Apr 2019   

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, says that the Ministry is working towards the tabling of a new Patents and Designs Bill in Parliament this financial year. He noted that the Patents and Designs Bill will stand at the heart of monetizing our ideas and inventions.

“We have to modernize our legal framework. We have to modernize Jamaica’s IP regime, which is a key component of leveraging the value of our creative works. That is why, as a government, we are prioritizing bringing the necessary changes through parliament...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (7th left; Member of Parliament, South Eastern St. Mary, Dr. Norman Dunn (4th left); Member of Parliament, Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy (9th left) and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern and Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd right back row), pose with the participants of the St. Mary Farm Queen competition. Occasion was the 33rd staging of the St. Mary Agri-Expo under the theme ‘Climate Smart Agriculture, the key to Food Security’, held at Gray’s Inn Sports Complex, Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on April 22, 2019.

Gov’t. committed to working with small farmers- Shaw

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 25 Apr 2019   

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, says that the Government is committed to working with small farmers across Jamaica to become more productive. He informed that one of the major initiatives that he is working on is putting in place small irrigation systems for use by small farmers across the country.

“I am encouraging farmers in need of land to come with a plan, and we will find creative ways to help you, starting with irrigation systems,” Mr. Shaw said.

Speaking at the 33rd staging of the St. Mary Agri-Expo 2019, at the Gray’s Inn...

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