The following can't be held under a Belize copyright: Titles and names Ideas Works by Belize government Works without facts Fashion designs
Different businesses or brands use different symbols to represent them. We can recognize any organization just by looking at the symbols. Every business has got their own logos and symbols that can’t be used by any other company or competitor. These creations of a human mind that intangible, and represent an organization, business or brand are termed as intellectual property (IP). Business intellectual property is mainly of four types:
A patent deals with inventions. It can be categorized into:
Trademark is a legal sign used to distinguish the goods and services a business firm provides from its competitors. To register a trademark, one can:
A trade secret relates to a formula, process, confidential info that is private to an organization. Few examples include:
A copyright comprises literary works, artistic works, recordings, etc.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) refer to the right or power that an organization holds for its intangible assets. They solely hold the right to make any alterations to their creations. It is the power through which business organizations protect their business creations.
Intangible properties like creative inventions, formulas or logos are an asset to an organization and hold intellectual property rights on them. Businesses require IP services so as to protect them from being replicated, altered, or misused.
Belize joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by signing the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2000. All the obligations regarding WTO had been fulfilled to implement the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). TRIPS includes a set of legislation, namely:
The main feature of TRIPS agreement covers standards, enforcement and dispute settlement.
Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO), is the national body that looks into the protection of copyright, industrial designs, patents, layout designs etc. It was established under Part II of Patents Act, 2000 and is the national intellectual property registry of Belize, and is situated at Belmopan, the heart of Belize.
Its mission is “to build a modern intellectual property system that values and protects the vibrant creative culture of Belize”.
A patent can be registered in Belize company registry by following a series of steps that include:
A minimum time span of 2-3 years is taken by Registrar of Intellectual Property in BELIPO to process an application for registration. Once the application is processed, the Registrar will issue the Certificate of Registration.
Description |
Charges (in BZ$) |
For filing an application for a patent |
300 |
For the grant of a patent |
300 |
For publication of a grant |
250 |
On application for a charge to the application for registration of a patent |
50 |
Description |
Charges (in BZ$) |
On application for the address of service |
25 |
On application to register a trademark (per international classification) |
75 |
For publication of notice for registration or renewal |
250 |
For publication of notice of record |
100 |
For registration of a mark |
75 |
Holding an intellectual property is an asset for any company. Let’s have a look at the benefits of availing intellectual property services:
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