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Who We Are

TIP is an independent non-profit organization that aims to foster innovation and creativity through the better use of intellectual property and alternative vehicles for managing knowledge.

Our mission is to help those innovating find the right way to use intellectual property through cooperation and collaboration. We believe that this new era of IP will stimulate innovation and creativity and broaden access to discoveries.

Meet Our Experts

Shamnad Basheer
NUJS

Tania Bubela
University of Alberta

Bénédicte Callan
The University of Texas at Austin

Barbara M. Campbell
Dalhousie University

David Castle
University of Ottawa

E. Richard Gold
McGill University

Jean-Frédéric Morin
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Peter Munyi
African Insect Science for Food and Health

Ubaka Ogbogu
University of Minnesota

Our Work

With the support of TIP, Amici Curiae E. Richard Gold (TIP Director), James P. Evans, and Tania Bubela (TIP Expert), submitted this Brief in support of Appellees and Affirmance in the Myriad Genetics case. Thanks to McGill students Erin Cassidy, Lucas Collecchia and Julien Grenier for their research and drafting assistance.
Brief
TIP co-funds 2nd Giving Back Initiative in Tanzania
Building Capacity in Innovation Management in Tanzania
"Evidence and Background Information to Inform Canada’s Approach to Public Health and Intellectual Property Issues in International Fora": A Report submitted by TIP to Health Canada’s International Affairs Directorate (IAD). Report Forthcoming.
"At the intersection of health and intellectual property: Issues, tools and directions for Health Canada": A report prepared by TIP for Health Canada - Bioethics, Innovation and Policy Integration Division.
At the intersection of health and intellectual property: Issues, tools and directions for Health Canada
TIP's Report on our first Giving Back initiative in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, which aimed at empowering indigenous people in the region - available in English and Spanish.
Protecting Your Knowledge: Building Intellectual Property Capacity in Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Protegiendo Tu Conocimiento: Curso de Capacitación sobre Propiedad Intelectual en Huehuetenango, Guatemala
TIP experts advise UNITAID on the legal feasibility of establishing a Medicines Patent Pool targeted at HIV/AIDS anti-retroviral medicines.
Preliminary Legal Review of Proposed Medicines Patent Pool

For more samples of our work click here.