IP/N/1/TTO/4  
IP/N/1/TTO/T/4  
 
23 June 2022  
(22-4867)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO : THE TRADE MARKS (BORDER  
ENFORCEMENT MEASURES) REGULATIONS 2020  
Notifying Member  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title The Trade Marks (Border Enforcement Measures) Regulations 2020  
Subject matter  Trademarks; Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/TTO/22_4241_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Trade Marks (Border Enforcement Measures) Regulations, 2020, which is subject to the negative 
resolution of Parliament seeks to provide for the effective regulation of border enforcement measures 
as it pertains to trade marks to ensure the efficient operation of the Trade  Marks Act, No. 8 of 2015 
("the Act ").  
 
Regulation 1 provides for th e citation of the Regulations.  
 
Regulation 2 provides for the interpretation of certain terms used in the Regulations.  
 
Regulation 3 provides for notice to be given to the Comptroller of Customs and Excise (the 
Comptroller) under section 97(1) of the Act i n respect of restricting the importation of infringing 
goods.  
 
Regulation 4 provides the time and manner of the notice to be given to the Comptroller under 
section  97(1) of the Act.  
 
Regulation 5 provides for further information and evidence to be submitte d to the Comptroller within 
such time and in such form as the Comptroller may require.  
 
Regulation 6 provides for change of particulars to be submitted to the Comptroller, in writing, within 
seven days of the change.  IP/N/1/TTO/4 • IP/N/1/TTO/T/4  
 
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  Regulation 7 provides for an Officer to refuse to seize goods to which a notice under section 97(1) 
of the Act relates, if the person who has given notice that infringing goods are expected to be 
imported fails to comply with any requirement by the Comptroller under these Regulations or any 
provisions of these Regulations.  
 
Regulation 8 provides for a period not exceeding ten working days for instituting action for a 
registered trademark.  
 
Regulation 9 provides for a period for extension of retention period not exceeding ten working da ys 
after the expiry of the period originally specified.  
 
Regulation 10 provides for disposal of goods under section 102(3) of the Act in a prescribed manner, 
including destruction, as the Comptroller may from time to time direct, pursuant to the Customs 
Act, Chap 78:01.  
 
Regulation 11 provides a prescribed period under section 109(3) of the Act of two working days after 
the Comptroller has given the proprietor of the registered trade mark written notice or where the 
detained goods are goods that are to be e xported from Trinidad and Tobago or are goods in transit 
within ten working days after the Comptroller has given the proprietor of the registered trade mark 
written notice referred to in section 109(2) of the Act.  
 
Regulation 12 provides for the commenceme nt of the Regulations.  
 
The Schedule provides for the notice under section 97(1) of the Act.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  17 June 2020  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  27 May 2022  
Other information  See also document IP/N/1/TTO/2  (the Trade Mark Act, No. 8 of 2015 ) 
 
http://ipo.g ov.tt/downloads/Trademark/border_enforcement_measures.pdf   
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Office  
Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs  
3rd Floor, Capital Plaza  
11-13, Frederick Street  
Port of Spain  
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago  
 
Telephone:  +1 (868) 226 4476  
Telefax:  +1 (868) 226 5160  
 
info@ipo.gov.tt  
www.ipo.gov.tt  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.