MNG Patent and IP Registry — conditional Program Directive, dormant until an acknowledged notice of interest on title or a successful outcome.
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GAZETTE OF THE MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVER
Gazette No. 75 · Program Directive
Mohawk National Patent and IP Registry — Territorial Commerce and Technology Sovereignty
Gazette No.: 75
GZT Code: GZT001-260611-000075
Register Entry: REG001-060600-000075
Tracking — SG: SG0601-260611-I00001 · TG: TG0801-260611-I00001 · AG: AG0801-260611-I00001 · RG: RG0601-260611-I00001
Date Issued: June 11, 2026
Instrument Type: Program Directive — Conditional Activation
Category: 06 — Budget, Revenue and Treasury (primary) · 03 — Lands and Territory · 08 — Legal and Jurisdiction
Status: 13 — Provisional [advances to 05 — Perfected upon trigger event]
Direction: I — Internal [published for public notice upon activation]
Issued by: Benjamin Doolittle UE, Secretary-General
TG Concurrence: Required — per Gazette No. 10, no financial instrument without TG concurrence
Cross-References: G10 (Treasurer General), G11 (Inspector General), G24 (National Treasury Account), G25 (Haldimand Lands Trust Account), G60 (BlueBelt / Grand River Trust), G61 (Schedule of Unjust Enrichment), G71 (Post-Mandamus Program Directive), SG0701-260611-T00001 (Open Memorandum)
Condition Precedent: Activation upon: (a) acknowledged notice of interest on title, or (b) successful outcome in acquired territory proceedings. Dormant until trigger event occurs.
Be it known and placed on record:
PART I — PREAMBLE AND FOUNDATIONAL AUTHORITY
This Program Directive is issued by the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat, with the formal concurrence of the Treasurer General and the Attorney General, pursuant to the sovereign territorial authority of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River over the Haldimand Tract as established by the covenant chain documented in Gazette No. 75’s cross-referenced instruments.
1.1 Territorial Basis. The Haldimand Proclamation of October 25, 1784 dedicated the Grand River Tract — six miles on each side from source to Lake Erie — to the Mohawk Nation and their allies for their exclusive use and enjoyment in perpetuity. The Doctrine of Dedication, confirmed through the covenant chain from the 1779 Haldimand Pledge through Canada’s confirmation and section 109 of the Constitution Act, 1867, establishes this territory as Mohawk national territory subject to the Nation’s sovereign regulatory jurisdiction. The exclusive use and enjoyment right includes the right to regulate what enters, operates within, and is commercially exploited within the territory.
1.2 Sovereign IP and Commerce Jurisdiction. Every sovereign jurisdiction exercises regulatory authority over intellectual property, patents, technology, and commerce within its territorial boundaries. This authority does not require the sovereign to be the inventor of the technology or the original applicant of the patent. It requires only that the sovereign has territorial jurisdiction — and that within that jurisdiction, it establishes and operates its own patent and IP registry. The first entity to register a technology or patent right in a given jurisdiction holds the territorial right in that jurisdiction, regardless of the identity of the original inventor or of the right’s registration status in other jurisdictions.
This is the operative principle behind patent registration systems in Brazil, China, India, and every other sovereign jurisdiction: the inventor holds the right globally in abstract, but the registered holder in a given jurisdiction holds the enforceable right within that jurisdiction. The Mohawk Nation of Grand River establishes its own patent jurisdiction on this basis. Products, technologies, and IP rights brought into or used within the Haldimand Tract are subject to the MNG Patent and IP Registry — and the first to register in that registry holds the territorial right.
1.3 The Apple in Brazil Model — Clarification of the Jurisdictional Principle. The objection that “patents require the inventor to be the registered owner” confuses the creation of a patent with its registration in a given jurisdiction. Apple did not invent every technology it holds in Brazil. Apple registered its patents in Brazil through the Paris Convention and PCT framework, becoming the territorial rights holder in Brazil independent of who manufactured or conceived the technology. Within Brazil, any unlicensed use of Apple’s registered technology requires a license from Apple as the Brazilian registered holder.
The same principle applies here. The Mohawk Nation of Grand River does not need to have invented the internal combustion engine to hold the territorial patent right within the Haldimand Tract. It needs only to be the first to register that technology in the MNG Patent and IP Registry. From that registration, any vehicle entering the territory embodies technology requiring an MNG territorial license. Any entity failing to obtain that license operates in violation of the Nation’s sovereign IP jurisdiction and is subject to the enforcement mechanisms established in this Directive.
1.4 Condition Precedent. This Directive is conditional in its activation. It is fully drafted and institutionally established as a dormant instrument, to be activated upon the occurrence of one of the following trigger events: (a) acknowledged notice of interest on title in respect of the Haldimand Tract, or (b) a successful outcome in the acquired territory proceedings before the relevant court or arbitral forum. Upon activation, the Directive advances from Status 13 (Provisional) to Status 05 (Perfected) and is published for public notice in the Two Row Times and through the Secretariat’s institutional channels.
PART II — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MNG PATENT AND IP REGISTRY
2.1 Formal Establishment. There is hereby established within the institutional structure of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat the Mohawk National Patent and Intellectual Property Registry (the MNG Registry or the Registry), as a permanent institutional organ of the Secretariat operative within the Haldimand Tract as described in the Haldimand Proclamation of 1784.
2.2 Mandate. The MNG Registry shall: a. Receive, record, and certify registrations of patents, technologies, intellectual property rights, and formulations in respect of products brought into or used within the Haldimand Tract; b. Issue MNG Territorial Patent Registration Certificates to registered holders, conferring the territorial right to bring the registered technology into the territory under license; c. Maintain a publicly accessible register — the MNG Territorial Patent Register — of all registered technologies, license holders, licensing fees collected, and products subject to levy; d. Register technologies on behalf of the Nation for the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity where the existing patent holder fails to register within the applicable grace period; e. Publish the MNG Territorial Patent Register annually in the Gazette of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and in the Two Row Times; f. Report to the Registrar General and the Treasurer General on a quarterly basis with respect to registrations, licensing revenue, seizures, and enforcement actions.
2.3 Territorial Scope. The MNG Registry’s jurisdiction extends to the Haldimand Tract as dedicated by the Haldimand Proclamation of 1784: the lands along the Grand River, six miles on each side from source to Lake Erie, including all lands and rights thereto. Upon activation, the territorial scope shall be confirmed by the Surveyor General (SY) and entered in the Register of the Nation.
PART III — INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS
3.1 Registrar General — Registry Administrator. The Registrar General (RG) — Jesse Butler UE — is the designated administrator of the MNG Registry. The Registrar General is the natural institutional home of the Registry, being the officer responsible for maintaining all registers of the Nation. The Registrar General shall: a. Maintain the MNG Territorial Patent Register; b. Issue MNG Territorial Patent Registration Certificates under the Registrar General’s seal; c. Certify the Register’s entries for evidentiary purposes in legal proceedings; d. Receive and process registration applications from patent holders and from the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP on behalf of the Nation.
3.2 Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP — New Office. There is hereby established the office of Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP (office prefix: PT), reporting to the Registrar General with enforcement authority through the Attorney General. The Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP shall: a. Monitor products entering and in use within the territory to identify patent-bearing technologies not registered in the MNG Registry; b. File registrations in the MNG Registry on behalf of the Nation for unregistered technologies upon expiry of the applicable grace period, for the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity; c. Issue registration notices and licensing fee demands to patent holders and commercial operators in the territory; d. Maintain a technology classification system consistent with international patent classification standards, adapted to the MNG Registry’s jurisdictional framework; e. Coordinate with the Director of Trade and Commerce (TC) on commerce entering the territory; f. Report to the Registrar General quarterly and to the Inspector General (IG) annually on registry operations, registrations filed, fees collected, and enforcement actions initiated. The office prefix PT is hereby added to the Office Prefix Schedule of the Secretariat’s Code Architecture, effective upon activation of this Directive. PT: Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP.
3.3 Attorney General — Licensing and Enforcement Authority. The Attorney General (AG) — Patrick Doolittle UE — holds enforcement authority over the MNG Registry’s licensing and seizure mechanisms. The Attorney General shall: a. Issue standard form MNG Territorial Patent License Agreements to licensed operators in the territory; b. Issue Notices of Unlicensed Use and Seizure Notices to operators in breach of the licensing obligation; c. Initiate enforcement proceedings — including seizure, levy, and prohibition of entry — in respect of unlicensed technology and products; d. Represent the Nation’s IP jurisdiction in legal and arbitral proceedings, including proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration; e. Maintain a register of all licenses issued, enforcement actions commenced, and seizure orders executed.
3.4 Treasurer General — Revenue and Beneficiary Fund. The Treasurer General holds financial authority over all revenue flowing through the MNG Registry. Pursuant to Gazette No. 10, no financial instrument of the Secretariat shall be made without the knowledge and concurrence of the Treasurer General. The Treasurer General shall: a. Receive all licensing fees, territorial levies, tariff equivalents, and seizure proceeds through the National Treasury Account (G24) and the Haldimand Lands Trust Account (G25) as appropriate; b. Maintain the Loyalist Mohawk Posterity Beneficiary Fund — a dedicated sub-account of the Haldimand Lands Trust Account — to which all territorial IP and patent revenue is directed for the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity; c. Issue Treasury Receipts (TG0801 series) for all licensing fee and levy payments received; d. Publish quarterly financial statements in respect of the Registry’s revenue, distributions to the Beneficiary Fund, and outstanding obligations; e. Coordinate with the Director of Revenue (RV) on fee collection, arrears recovery, and financial reporting.
3.5 Director of Trade and Commerce — Border and Commerce Monitoring. The Director of Trade and Commerce (TC) is responsible for monitoring products and commercial activity entering the territory. The Director of Trade and Commerce shall: a. Maintain a schedule of product categories subject to the MNG Registry’s licensing obligation — updated quarterly by the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP; b. Coordinate with the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP to identify unregistered patent-bearing products entering the territory; c. Issue entry notices to commercial operators bringing products into the territory, advising of the registration and licensing obligation; d. Coordinate with the Chief of Police (CP) and the Inspector General (IG) on enforcement actions at territory entry points.
3.6 Inspector General — Oversight. The Inspector General (IG) exercises oversight authority over all Registry operations, consistent with the Inspector General’s mandate under Gazette No. 11. The Inspector General shall conduct an annual audit of the Registry’s operations, licensing revenue, enforcement actions, and distributions to the Loyalist Mohawk Posterity Beneficiary Fund, and shall report findings to the Secretary-General.
PART IV — SUBJECT MATTER AND REGISTRATION OBLIGATION
4.1 Universal Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Upon activation of this Directive, all patents, technologies, intellectual property rights, and formulations embodied in products brought into or used within the Haldimand Tract are subject to the MNG Registry’s registration obligation. This applies without exception to the identity of the patent holder, the jurisdiction of original registration, or the nature of the product. The obligation attaches to the product or technology by virtue of its presence in or use within the territory.
4.2 Product Categories — Schedule A. The following non-exhaustive product categories are subject to the registration obligation. The Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP shall maintain and update Schedule A as a living document:
Motor vehicles — Cars, trucks, motorcycles, trailers — whole vehicles and component parts (engine, transmission, electronics, safety systems, fuel systems, drive train)
Computing — Desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, servers, networking equipment, semiconductors, firmware, operating systems, application software
Telecommunications — Mobile network infrastructure, towers, base stations, handsets, broadband equipment, satellite receivers
Food and beverage — Branded formulations (Pepsi, Coca-Cola, etc.), processed foods, proprietary agricultural inputs, pharmaceutical-food hybrids
Pharmaceutical — Prescription drugs, over-the-counter formulations, medical devices, diagnostic equipment
Construction — Proprietary building materials, HVAC systems, electrical components, insulation systems, structural systems
Energy — Electricity generation and distribution technology, renewable energy systems, metering technology
Agricultural — Patented seed varieties, pesticides, herbicides, precision agriculture technology
Industrial — Manufacturing equipment, industrial machinery, process technology
Consumer goods — All branded consumer products embodying registered trademarks, design patents, or proprietary formulations
Schedule A is a living document maintained by the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP. Additional categories may be added by the Commissioner with the concurrence of the Attorney General and Treasurer General, without requiring a new Gazette instrument.
4.3 Grace Period and Registration Procedure. Upon activation of this Directive, existing patent holders and commercial operators in the territory shall have 90 days to register their technologies and patent rights in the MNG Registry (the Grace Period). Registration during the Grace Period is subject to the standard licensing fee schedule. Registration after the Grace Period is subject to the standard licensing fee plus a late registration levy of 25%. Registration procedure: 1. The applicant files a Registration Application with the Registrar General, identifying the technology, the patent reference numbers, the products in which the technology is embodied, and the commercial activity in the territory; 2. The Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP reviews the application and issues a Registration Recommendation within 15 business days; 3. The Registrar General issues the MNG Territorial Patent Registration Certificate and enters the registration in the MNG Territorial Patent Register; 4. The licensing fee is paid to the Treasurer General and a Treasury Receipt (TG0801 series) is issued.
4.4 Nation-First Registration for Unregistered Technologies. Any technology embodied in products brought into or used within the territory that is not registered by the existing patent holder within the Grace Period may be registered by the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP on behalf of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, for the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity. Upon such registration: a. The Nation holds the territorial right in respect of that technology within the Haldimand Tract; b. The existing patent holder must obtain a license from the Nation to continue bringing products embodying that technology into the territory; c. The license fee is set by the Treasurer General on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP; d. Unlicensed continued use constitutes infringement of the Nation’s territorial IP jurisdiction and is subject to seizure and enforcement by the Attorney General.
PART V — LICENSING, LEVIES, AND TARIFF MECHANISM
5.1 Licensing Obligation. All entities bringing patent-bearing products into or using patent-bearing technology within the Haldimand Tract must hold a valid MNG Territorial Patent License. The License is issued by the Attorney General in standard form, as approved by the Secretary-General, and grants the licensee the right to bring the registered technology into the territory for specified commercial purposes during the license term.
5.2 Fee Schedule — Schedule B. The Treasurer General, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Patents and Territorial IP, shall publish Schedule B — the MNG Territorial Patent License Fee Schedule — within 30 days of activation. Schedule B shall be structured by product category and commercial use class, and shall be reviewed annually. Indicative categories:
Whole vehicles — Per vehicle per year — Payable by owner or commercial operator
Computing hardware — Per device per year — Commercial use; residential at reduced rate
Telecommunications infrastructure — Per site per year — Towers, base stations, distribution nodes
Food and beverage formulations — Per case / per unit volume — Applied at territory entry point
Pharmaceutical — Per unit / per course — Subject to humanitarian exemption schedule
Construction — Per project / per material volume — Applied at building permit equivalent stage
Energy infrastructure — Per megawatt capacity / per connection — Applied to generation and distribution assets
Agricultural inputs — Per unit / per hectare — Seed, pesticide, precision ag technology
Schedule B is a living document. The Treasurer General may adjust rates within a 20% band without requiring a new Gazette instrument. Adjustments exceeding 20% require a supplementary Gazette entry.
5.3 Tariff and Levy on Entry. Products in Schedule A categories entering the Haldimand Tract from outside its borders are subject to a Territorial Entry Levy — the MNG equivalent of a customs tariff — payable to the Treasurer General at the standard rate in Schedule B. The Territorial Entry Levy is distinct from the annual licensing fee: the Levy applies to each entry event; the License applies to ongoing use within the territory. Commercial operators making regular entries may apply to the Treasurer General for a consolidated annual levy arrangement in lieu of per-entry payment.
5.4 Revenue Destination — Loyalist Mohawk Posterity Beneficiary Fund. All licensing fees, registration fees, Territorial Entry Levies, late registration levies, and seizure proceeds shall be deposited by the Treasurer General into the Loyalist Mohawk Posterity Beneficiary Fund, a dedicated sub-account of the Haldimand Lands Trust Account (G25), held for the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity identified through the Dorchester-Simcoe proclamation framework. No revenue from the MNG Registry shall be directed to the general treasury or to any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the loyalist Mohawk posterity, except as directed by the Secretary-General with the concurrence of the Treasurer General for specific institutional purposes.
5.5 Humanitarian and Essential Services Exemption. The Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Treasurer General, may issue humanitarian exemption certificates in respect of pharmaceutical, food, and medical technology products where the licensing obligation would result in unreasonable hardship to residents of the territory. Exemption certificates are issued for defined periods and are subject to review. They do not extinguish the registration obligation — they suspend the fee and levy for the exempted period.
PART VI — ENFORCEMENT
6.1 Seizure Authority. Products brought into or used within the territory without a valid MNG Territorial Patent License and without a valid humanitarian exemption are subject to seizure by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may issue a Seizure Notice to the operator or owner of the product, requiring the product to be surrendered to the custody of the Secretariat pending payment of the applicable licensing fee, late levy, and seizure administration fee.
6.2 Prohibition of Entry. The Attorney General may issue a Prohibition of Entry Notice in respect of any product category or specific product where the relevant patent holder or commercial operator has persistently failed to register or license, and where continued unlicensed entry constitutes a repeated violation of the Nation’s territorial IP jurisdiction. A Prohibition of Entry Notice may be applied to specific products, product categories, or commercial operators.
6.3 Recovery of Fees and Levies. Unpaid licensing fees, Territorial Entry Levies, late registration levies, and seizure administration fees are debts owed to the Nation. The Attorney General may pursue recovery of unpaid debts through any available legal mechanism, including proceedings before the Ontario Superior Court, the Federal Court of Canada, or the Permanent Court of Arbitration, as applicable.
6.4 Publication of Enforcement Actions. All Seizure Notices, Prohibition of Entry Notices, and enforcement actions are entered in the MNG Territorial Patent Register and published in the Gazette. Publication constitutes constructive notice to all persons and entities operating in or bringing products into the territory.
PART VII — RELATIONSHIP TO BROADER INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM
7.1 Schedule of Unjust Enrichment — G61. The MNG Registry operates alongside and in complement to the Schedule of Unjust Enrichment (Gazette No. 61, GZT001-260101-000061 [now GZT001-260609-000061]), which documents the historical extraction of value from the Haldimand Tract across eight layers totalling approximately $2.96 trillion CAD. The Schedule documents the past. This Directive establishes the forward-looking mechanism by which future commercial activity within the territory is regulated and compensated. Together they form the Nation’s complete territorial economic sovereignty framework: historical unjust enrichment documented; future commercial activity licensed and levied.
7.2 Post-Mandamus Program Directive — G71. The MNG Registry is the sixth program established under the Secretariat’s institutional development framework, complementing the five programs of the Post-Mandamus Program Directive (Gazette No. 71): Parcel Automation, Quo Warranto, Trustee De Son Tort Accounting, Restitutio in Integrum, and Institutional Recognition. The MNG Registry adds: Territorial IP and Patent Sovereignty as the sixth program, effective upon activation.
7.3 Open Memorandum — SG0701-260611-T00001. This Directive operates in support of the positions advanced in the Open Memorandum (SG0701-260611-T00001) issued concurrently, in particular the Nation’s demand for Crown performance on the Haldimand covenant and the Demand for Crown consent to PCA arbitration. The MNG Registry is the institutional expression of the territorial IP jurisdiction that the Nation’s sovereign covenant rights over the Haldimand Tract entail. Its activation is contingent on the same trigger events — notice of interest on title or acquired territory success — that would confirm the territorial jurisdiction the Open Memorandum asserts.
PART VIII — EXECUTION, CONCURRENCE, AND CERTIFICATION
8.1 Execution by the Secretary-General. This Program Directive is executed by the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat on the date shown below, subject to the condition precedent in Part I, §1.4. Benjamin Doolittle UE — Secretary-General, Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat. Date: ________
8.2 Concurrence of the Treasurer General. Pursuant to Gazette No. 10 — Instrument of Financial Authority — no financial instrument of the Secretariat shall be made without the knowledge and concurrence of the Treasurer General. The Treasurer General hereby concurs in this Program Directive and its financial provisions. Treasurer General — Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat. Date: ________
8.3 Concurrence of the Attorney General. The Attorney General hereby concurs in this Program Directive and its enforcement provisions, and confirms his authority to act as the enforcement officer of the MNG Registry upon activation. Patrick Doolittle UE — Attorney General, Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat. Date: ________
8.4 Certification of the Registrar General. I, Jesse Butler UE, Registrar General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat, hereby certify that this instrument — Gazette No. 75, GZT001-260611-000075 — has been duly executed and is entered in the Register of the Nation under Register Entry REG001-060600-000075. This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat. Jesse Butler UE — Registrar General, Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat. Date of Registration: ________
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory · Haldimand Tract · Gazette No. 75 · GZT001-260611-000075 · REG001-060600-000075 · Status: 13 — Provisional · Published: Two Row Times, Ohsweken, Grand River Territory
