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What categories of original works are protected by the Jamaican Copyright Act? There are 9 categories of protected works, these are literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, sound recordings, films, broadcasts, cable programs, typographical arrangements of published editions.

Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. It allows an original work to be considered a property that is owned by somebody. The relevant JA law is the Copyright Act 1988.

Under Jamaican law, copyright in literary works lasts for the lifetime of the author plus a period of 95 years after the year in which he died. Copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition lasts 50 years from the year in which the edition was first published.

How To Apply For A Copyright In Jamaica? The author can send a copy of the original work to himself / herself by registered mail. ... A copy of the work can be deposited to the National Library of Jamaica. ... A copy of the work can be deposited to an Attorney-at-law.

JAMCOPY, the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, is a collective management organization and Jamaica's national Reproduction Rights Organisation (RRO). It was set up by creators and publishers of materials published in printed form, to manage their reproduction rights.

An application to register a Trade Mark must be filed at the Trade Marks & Designs Directorate, of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), via form 'TM1'. ii. The application must contain a clear reproduction of the Mark being filed for registration, including any colours, forms, or three-dimensional features.

The Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency is Jamaica's national Reproduction Rights Organisation (RRO) and Collective Management Organization (CMO) for copyright for copyright in text and image-based published works.