IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Worldwide enforcement of patent rights is no cake walk – know the jurisdictional differences to provide effective enforcement strategies
Wednesday 5 November (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
The panel will discuss:
- Extraterritoriality of IP rights extending outside the issuing country;
- Permanent injunctions after trial are virtually guaranteed in some jurisdictions and a pipe dream in others;
- Diverging technology subject to protections on one jurisdiction and not in another such as artificial neural networks;
- And contributory infringement, i.e. the grey zone between IP protection and free competition.