From its base in West Palm Beach, Florida, the ‘incredibly knowledgeable and responsive’ team at Caribbean IP is singled out by clients for its ‘very unique service’ with ‘great attention to detail, diligent responses and a friendly service’. The practice provides trade mark and patent portfolio management services across 28 Caribbean jurisdictions and is also increasingly active in infringement and enforcement work. The team leverages its expertise in the pharmaceuticals sector to act for a client roster which includes global pharmaceutical companies; it is also a go-to name for corporates in the tech, media and entertainment spaces. Katherine Hely is the key contact for filing and prosecution matters and is praised for being ‘very responsive and always willing to jump straight in and help’, while Patrick Hely leads on the contentious front and is ‘very well connected and very friendly’.

The ‘highly responsive and thorough’ specialist IP team at Miniño Abogados is a key one-stop shop for IP issues across the entire Caribbean region, handling a varied mix of trade mark and patent protection and enforcement work alongside assisting with portfolio management and registration projects. The Dominican Republic-based practice acts for a global client roster including high-profile names in the tech sector; Netflix, Amazon and Meta are notable examples. Urko Ochoa heads up the ‘attentive, fast and very knowledgeable’ group, which also includes firm managing partner Orietta Blanco, who also excels in data protection mandates; senior associate Arlene Herrera, who focuses on trade mark issues; and associate Yvie François, who focuses on patent prosecution and litigation work.

As the only specialist IP firm in the Cayman Islands, HSM has been notably active in advising the Cayman government on its IP legislation as well as assisting a broad range of clients with trade mark, design and patent prosecution matters across the entire Caribbean region. The group also has experience in IP infringement and enforcement work and counts Fortune 500 companies, global law firms and specialist IP practices on its client roster. Firm managing partner Huw St. J Moses, OBE leads the practice alongside IP manager Kate Cleary, who clients praise as ‘extremely responsive and easy to deal with’.

Ogier’s Caribbean-based IP practice was substantially bolstered in 2022 following the recruitment of Sophie Peat from HSM to lead the team; she is praised by clients as ‘proactive, positive and pragmatic’ and handles the full spectrum of IP clearance, prosecution, exploitation and enforcement work. The group’s expertise encompasses brands and trade marks, copyright, industrial designs and patents, and the team is particularly noted for its knowledge of multi-jurisdictional mandates. The practice also leverages the wider experience in the firm’s dispute resolution, corporate and regulatory teams as well as its global network of offices to provide comprehensive advice.

VANEPS is singled out by clients as ‘the leading IP law firm in the Dutch Caribbean’, acting for a client base of national and international corporates and government bodies on transactional and contentious mandates. The group’s knowledge spans the full breadth of trade mark, copyright, domain name and patent work including registrations, protection issues, maintenance work and renewals. Corporate counsel Diek Fabius, who is praised for his ‘clear, practical advice’, leads the ‘efficient’ team and is also a member of the firm’s Suriname desk. Other key contributors to the practice include associate Ruthnialys Mogen, who specialises in privacy law; and IP officers Rianda Neman-Ferreira and Tania Martis-Ogenia, who excel in trade mark issues.