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.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Jason Jarvis Jardine | Knobbe Martens Olson and Bear LLP, San Diego, California, USA; Website Officer, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee |
| Christophe Ronse | Altius, Brussels, Belgium; Chair, Patent Law Subcommittee |
| Deepa Tiku | K&S Partners, Gurgaon, Haryana, India; Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee |
Speakers
| Özge Atilgan Karakulak | Gün + Partners, Istanbul, Turkey; Member, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Advisory Board |
| Camille Aubin | Robic, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Vice Chair, Trademark Law Subcommittee |
| Laura Chubb | Organon, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
| Chris Longman | Qualcomm, San Diego, California, USA |