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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.