CAYMAN ISLANDS
August 01, 2017
The Design Rights Registration Law and the Trademark Law enter into force on August 1st, 2016. The Design Rights Law will provide for existing registered UK and EU design rights to be registered in, and extended to, the Cayman Islands.
The Trademarks Law will set forth the establishment of a TM Registry in the Cayman Islands for the registration of local trademarks, which will follow the Nice classification. It will no longer be possible to extend UK, EU or international trade mark registrations to the Cayman Islands.