As part of her working trip to Curacao, Commissioner Maria Buncamper Molanus and her delegation met with officials at the Bureau Intellectual Properties. Director Mr. Sluis met with the delegation to give an overview of the work that is done at the bureau. This is one of the areas that St. Maarten has to prepare for during the coming months as preparations are made to take over the responsibilities of the Central Government partially in July and then in December of this year. Bureau Intellectual Properties deals with the registration of trademarks, patents, copy rights among others. A demonstration was also given of the registration and information was provided including the annual report 2007. Agreements were made to organize informative sessions on St. Maarten in May of this year. The Commissioner's delegation is comprised of Miguel De Weever Director Of Economic Policy & Research, Fiscal/Tax Lawyer Mercedes James of the Finance Department, Jeannette Hagen Head of the Constitutional Affairs Department and Veronica Jansen-Webster the Commissioner's Executive Assistant.
As part of her working trip to Curacao, Commissioner Maria Buncamper Molanus and her delegation met with officials at the Bureau Intellectual Properties. Director Mr. Sluis met with the delegation to give an overview of the work that is done at the bureau. This is one of the areas that St. Maarten has to prepare for during the coming months as preparations are made to take over the responsibilities of the Central Government partially in July and then in December of this year. Bureau Intellectual Properties deals with the registration of trademarks, patents, copy rights among others. A demonstration was also given of the registration and information was provided including the annual report 2007. Agreements were made to organize informative sessions on St. Maarten in May of this year. The Commissioner's delegation is comprised of Miguel De Weever Director Of Economic Policy & Research, Fiscal/Tax Lawyer Mercedes James of the Finance Department, Jeannette Hagen Head of the Constitutional Affairs Department and Veronica Jansen-Webster the Commissioner's Executive Assistant.
