About us

Our mission

Our mission is to develop web based technology and promotional content that supports authors rights specifically the commercialization and registration of claims to copyright protected content created for use online or within virtual environments.

We intend to exert a progressive influence on the issues concerning authors control, access, renumeration and enforcement of their content within web based or virtual environments.

Our Leadership

Tamiko Rochelle Franklin

President & Head Designer IPR Systems Architecture

Steven Tauber

Chief Technology Officer, Software Project Manager and Development Team Leader

Our Purpose

The Purposes for which the Organization was formed are
exclusively charitable, educational, literary, artistic, scientific, and cultural, including the support of intellectual property owners, particularly in the context of virtual environments, including support concerning the use and development of intellectual property including copyright as well as trade and service marks, related intellectual property rights and trade in or transfer of these assets in addition to providing access to information and legal services related to international intellectual property administration and enforcement and dispute resolution.

To these ends, the Organization shall:

(a) Encourage the registration of intellectual property that is created within or for use within virtual environments, such as Internet based websites, worlds, games, and the like by conducting lectures and seminars on the subject and through publications, forums, and workshops;

(b) Exert a progressive influence on the issues concerning content creation, transfer and labeling in web based or virtual environments;

(c) Maintain records of intellectual properties that relate to these purposes;

(d) Provide advisory support in the area of intellectual property; and

(e) Conduct any and all other activities as shall from time to time be found appropriate in connection with the foregoing and as are permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Organization and lawful for a corporation which is organized under the Massachusetts Not-For-Profit
Corporation Law and is qualified as exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor provision thereto.

Our programs

Our company is constantly evolving and growing. We cooperate with our partners to provide many programs both in the United States and abroad.

The mission of VIPO is to exert a progressive influence on the issues surrounding registration, enforcement and policy in the area of intellectual property rights created in, or for use in, virtual, namely 3D web and online environments.

We support a human individual author rights based framework for virtual or online content publication, distribution and monetization.

We develop and promote human rights based perspectives of issues that are related to user generated content publication and distribution of including advocating for a human right to personality attributes such as name, image, voice and network.

We advocate for economic rights whcih support human creativity in the new economy including a right to safety, food, shelter, electricity, internet access, net neutrality, online dispute resolution and account recovery.

We fulfill these purposes through development and implementation of our programs.

The GET REAL program functions to support our technology projects involving global copyright management by inviting authors to participate in our global copyright claims database.

Our IP CAFE programs develops content promoting of policy matters related to international copyright protection, management, and monetization trends affecting human authors.

Finally, the GET CREATIVE! program is focused on 1) promoting creation of original protectable content by individuals 2) economic empowerment of creators of original works through intellectual property rights knowledge transfer

If you are interested in these programs, please fill the contact form on our website. We wish you a good day!