The Cayman Islands Trademarks Law, 2016, Design Rights Registration Law, 2016, and Patents and Trademarks (Amendment) Law, 2016 were implemented on August 1, 2017. Our detailed discussion of the salient features of the new trademark and design laws can be viewed here [December 2016] and here [September 2016].
A significant next step for improving the intellectual property rights system in the Cayman Islands would be for the British Overseas Territory to become a member state of the Paris Convention, which is not provided for in the recently-implemented law.