Barbados Trademark Information

Barbados is an island nation of the Lesser Antilles, 34 kilometres in length and as much as 23 kilometres in width, amounting to 431 square kilometres. It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic Ocean and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about 168 kilometres east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 400 kilometres north-east of Venezuela. The population is estimated at 284589 with a GDP of $6.150 billion.

The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.

Trademarks are assigned through the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO), Ministry of International Business and International Transport. Barbados is not a member of the Madrid Protocol. A trademark is valid for 10 years and may be renewed for further periods of 10 years each.