WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/VCT/1 
24 November 2009 
 
 (09-5906) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 6 January  2009, has been received from Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines.  
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  Please see attached notifications received fro m the following Ministeries/Departments for 
submission to the WTO:  
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Ministry of Telecommunications  Department of Customs and Excise  Commerce and Intellectual Property Office, etc.  
 
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  ANNEX I 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS  
AND REGULATIONS 
  
TITLE  
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE  
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Copyright  
 Copyright Act No. 21 of 2003
1 
 Date of entry into force:  30 November 2004   
 
 Copyright (Specified Countries) Order, 2005
2 
 Date of entry into force:  2 August 2005  
An act to make a comprehensive copyright law for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to afford 
better protection for literary, dramatic, musical, 
artistic and other works and creative products, to provide for the right of performers and others in performances and to repeal the Copyright Act Cap. 262 and provide for matters connected 
therewith or incidental hereto. 
 This order declares that the countries enumerated in its schedule being members of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and 
Artistic Works of 1886, are specified countries 
for the purposes of copyri ght protection in Saint 
Vincent and the Grenadines.  
Trade Marks  
Trade Marks Act No. 46 of 2003
3 
 
Date of entry into force:  18 May 2004 
 An Act to repeal and replace the Registration of 
United Kingdom Trade Marks Act CAP 113 and the Merchandise Marks Act CAP 106 and to provide for the promotion and protection of Trade 
Marks and for related matters. 
 
Trade Marks Regulations 20044 
 Date of entry into force:  18 May 2004  
 
Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 2004
5  
The Regulations are made pursuant to s.190 of the Trade Marks Act No. 46 of 2003 and provide the rules, regulations and procedure concerning the provisions of the Act. 
 
An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act, No. 46 of 2003  
                                                      
1 IP/N/1/VCT/C/1. 
2 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. 
3 IP/N/1/VCT/T/1. 
4 IP/N/1/VCT/T/2. 
5 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat.  IP/N/1/VCT/1 
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  TITLE  
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE  
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Geograhical Indications 
 
Geographical Indications Act No. 24 of 20046 
 Date of entry into force:  30 November 2004   Geographical Indications Regulations 2008
7 
 
Date of entry into force:      
  
An Act to provide for the protection of 
geographical indications and related matters.    The Regulations are made pursuant to s.20 of the 
Geographical Indications Act No. 24 of 2004 and 
provide the rules, regulations and procedure concerning the provisions of the Act.  
 
Industrial Designs 
 Industrial Designs Act No. 20 of 2005
8 
 Date of entry into force:  4 August 2008   
Industrial Designs Regulations 2008
9 
 Date of entry into force:    
  
An Act to provide for the registration and 
protection of industrial designs and for related matters.   
The Regulations are made pursuant to s.22 of the 
Industrial Designs Act No. 20 and provide the rules, regulations and procedure concerning the provisions of the Act. 
 
Patents 
 
Patents Act No. 39 of 200410 
 
Date of entry into force:  4 August 2008    
Patents Regulations 2008
11 
 Date of entry into force:   
 An Act to repeal and replace the Patents Act CAP 110 and the Registration of United 
Kingdom Patents Act CAP 112, to revise the law 
relating to patents in order to give effect to certain international conventions on patents and for related matters.    
The Regulations are made pursuant to s.92 of the 
Patents Act No. 39 of 2004 and provide the rules, regulations and procedure concerning the provisions of the Act. 
                                                      
6 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. 
7 This text will be circulated upon  its receipt in the WTO Secretariat.  
8 IP/N/1/VCT/D/1. 
9 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. 
10 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. 
11 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. IP/N/1/VCT/1 
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  TITLE  
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE  
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits  
 
Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act No. 18 
of 200512 
 Date of entry into force:  4 August 2008   
Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits 
Regulations 200813 
 Date of entry into force:   
  
An Act to provide for the protection of layout-
designs of integrated circuits and for related matters.    
The Regulations are made pursuant to s.19 of the 
Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act No. 18 of 2005 and provide the rules, regulations and procedure concerning the provisions of the Act. 
 
                                                      
12 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat. 
13 This text will be circulated upon its receipt in the WTO Secretariat.  IP/N/1/VCT/1 
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  ANNEX II 
 
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS1 
 
 
 
TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND  
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies 
 Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil 
Procedure Rules 2000  
 Date of entry into force:  31 December 2000  
 
 
The Civil Procedure Rules 2000 provide the rules governing civil procedure in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.  The overriding objective of the rules as declared in Part 1 thereof is to enable the 
court to deal with cases justly. 
  
 
Criminal Procedures  
 
Criminal Procedure Code CAP 125 of the Laws 
of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Revised 
Edition 1990  
 Date of entry into force:  30 October 1989   
  An Act to make provision for the procedure to be 
followed in criminal cases and for purposes 
connected therewith. 
  
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1 The texts in the original language of these laws and regulations have not as yet been received by the 
WTO Secretariat.