Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office

The Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) is a Barbadian governmental agency in charge of various aspects of industrial property right affairs including: patents, trademarks, and industrial designs. It is a division of the Ministry of Industry & International Business. The CAIPO office is located on Belmont Road, Saint Michael, Barbados. The country ranks as one of the top countries where the greatest number of foreign patents are legally based.^[1]

^ Staff writer (30 September 2010). "Innovation in Asia: Trading places - China is about to overtake Japan in patent applications". The Economist. Retrieved 11 January 2011. The countries where the greatest number of foreign patents are legally based are Barbados, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Ireland, notes the OECD.

[1] Staff writer (30 September 2010). "Innovation in Asia: Trading places - China is about to overtake Japan in patent applications". The Economist. Retrieved 11 January 2011. The countries where the greatest number of foreign patents are legally based are Barbados, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Ireland, notes the OECD.

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