Article 66: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
COTED shall promote the protection of intellectual property rights within the Community by, inter alia:
(a) the strengthening of regimes for the protection of intellectual property rights and the simplification of registration procedures in the Member States;
(b) the establishment of a regional administration for intellectual property rights except copyright;
(c) the identification and establishment, by the Member States of mechanisms to ensure:
(i) the use of protected works for the enhanced benefit of the Member States;
(ii) the preservation of indigenous Caribbean culture; and
(iii) the legal protection of the expressions of folklore, other traditional knowledge and national heritage, particularly of indigenous populations in the Community;
(d) increased dissemination and use of patent documentation as a source of technological information;
(e) public education;
(f) measures to prevent the abuse of intellectual property rights by rights- holders or the resort to practices which unreasonably restrain trade or adversely affect the international transfer of technology; and
(g) participation by the Member States in international regimes for the protection of intellectual property rights.