Intellectual Property - Unregistered Rights

About the consultation

​​​About​​ this​ consultation

We want your views on proposed changes to Jersey's laws on unregistered intellectual property rights.

These changes would:

• balance the interests of rights holders and people who use protected material
• meet international treaty obligations
• update how intellectual property rights are enforced

​Consultation documen​​ts​​

Consultation Paper on amendments the Draft Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) laws

​Annex A: Draft Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-​​

Annex B: Draft Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights)(Works of Foreign Provenance) (Jersey) Amendment Order 202-

About intellectual property protection​​​

Intellectual property (IP) protection is a key part of modern economic policy which is increasingly driven by innovation and intangible assets. Ensuring that Jersey’s IP laws are modern and consistent with international standards is therefore an important policy objective for the Government.

The proposed package of amendments are intended to:

• ensure compliance with relevant international treaty and trade agreement obligations; 
• facilitate the extension to Jersey of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; 
• maintain an appropriate balance between the interests of rights holders and users of copyright material in a manner that promotes creativity, innovation and wider public benefit; and 
• modernise enforcement provisions to ensure that copyright and related rights can be enforced effectively, particularly in the digital age.​​
  

How to submit comments to the consultation

Send your response by Friday 6 November 2026.​

Consultation paper on proposed amendments to the Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) laws​

• ​email: L.Ament@gov.je
• writing to:
  
  FAO Lukas Ament
  Head of Competition and Intellectual Property
  Department for the Economy
  Government of Jersey
  Union Street
  St Helier
  JE2 3DN​

​Data Prot​​​​ection​

The information you provide will be processed in compliance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

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• sending to the Scrutiny Office
• quoting in a published report
• reporting in the media
• publishing on the Government website
• listing on a consultation summary

Confidential responses will still be included in any summary of statistical information received and views expressed.

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, information submitted to this consultation may be released if a Freedom of Information request requires it, but no personal data may be released.​