Caribbean

Ferraiuoli boasts a full service IP practice with a significant patent and trademark prosecution practice and an equally successful IP litigation practice that has handled patent, trademark, and copyright infringement as well as trade secrets misappropriation disputes.

Last updated 12th November 2020

HSM IP has a wealth of intellectual property knowledge, specialising in the Caribbean, Central and Latin America and offshore jurisdictions. Our broad perspective, practical approach and wealth of international experience allow us to offer unique insight into intellectual property issues globally.

Based in the Cayman Islands and supported by HSM Chambers, our experienced team of attorneys and paralegals deliver first class service to a broad client base which includes major Fortune Global 500 brand owners, international law firms and other specialist IP practices. We have substantial experience in taking action to address the infringement of trade marks and patents and in the conduct of passing-off actions. We are also able to offer investigative services to identify the source of, and distributors of, infringing goods, working closely with police and customs officials as necessary.

The success and growth of our firm are due to our keen understanding of our clients’ need for a comprehensive ‘one-stop shop’ which encompasses a wide range of services, from initial consultation to searches, registrations, annuity payments and monitoring and renewals. Our interactive database helps us to proactively manage each client’s portfolio efficiently and cost effectively in an environmentally friendly and substantially paperless workplace. It also allows us to fulfil specific reporting and invoicing requirements, including multi-currency invoicing and e-billing. We offer a competitive schedule of fixed fees, inclusive of both disbursements and official fees, which means we can provide clients with an accurate estimate of their project costs before embarking on a global filing programme for their portfolio.

With competitive rates and a highly skilled team, we are well positioned to meet your legal needs. We exemplify accessibility and accountability and believe in providing value in an open and transparent manner.

Ogier’s Intellectual Property team acts across the full spectrum of intellectual property rights, including brands and trade marks, copyright, industrial designs and patents, specialising in multi-jurisdictional intellectual property clearance, prosecution, exploitation and enforcement.

Our IP experts are pragmatic and commercial in their approach to providing solutions for all types and sizes of business at all stages of the intellectual property life cycle, including advice on how to register a trade mark. Supported by our experienced colleagues in our dispute resolution, corporate and regulatory teams, we provide a holistic service that is global in reach and of the highest quality.

Our experts can support you, whether you need to know the document requirements and classification systems for trade mark filing, renewals in specific countries and whether or not the Paris Convention applies, and more.

Intellectual Property services:

• Global strategic IP prosecution and portfolio management
• IP clearance, investigation and searching
• IP disputes and enforcement
• IP renewals and maintenance
• IP acquisitions and due diligence
• IP licensing and commercial contracts
• IP advice relating to economic substance
• Caribbean and offshore IP
• How to register or file a trade mark

IP experts based out of our Cayman Islands office are renowned in particular for their work protecting and managing IP rights throughout the Caribbean, leading offshore jurisdictions and in Central and Latin America as a one-stop shop. IP Partner Sophie Peat is widely recognised as a leading attorney in this highly specialised space and acts as a trustworthy adviser to an array of leading international law firms and brand owners. Industry feedback describes Sophie as being "instrumental to the success of her clients".

Key specialist jurisdictions include: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, the Caribbean Netherlands, the Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Caribbean including French Polynesia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jersey, Mauritius, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, the US Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.

Ogier has published a range of trade marks fact sheets to guide clients through the Caribbean trademark prosecution process. Guides also cover Central America, South America and a range of other jurisdictions. See: Ogier Trade Marks Prosecution fact sheets | Ogier.