taxes, stateless persons are not negatively impacted anymore than aliens generally. Therefore, the Canadian legal framework on the acquisition and disposal of residential property appears compatible with Article 13 of the 1954 Convention. To the extent that stateless persons are unable to meet verification of identity requirements under a law society’s rules, this is a potential concern. However, the list of documentation is nonexhaustive and in some circumstances an attestation of identity can be provided to the lawyer in order to verify identity. Further research would need to be conducted in order to determine whether this identification requirement is an obstacle for stateless persons in exercising their rights under Article 13 of the 1954 Convention. IV. 8) Recommendations In support of Recommendation #5, further research should examine the practical obstacles that stateless persons experience in exercising their moveable and immoveable property rights under Article 13 of the 1954 Convention. Such research can include the ability of stateless persons to acquire and dispose of commercial property, open a bank account, deal in securities, sign leases and acquire a mortgage in order to purchase residential or commercial property. ARTICLE 14: ARTISTIC RIGHTS AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY In respect of the protection of industrial property, such as inventions, designs or models, trade marks, trade names, and of rights in literary, artistic and scientific works, a stateless person shall be accorded in the country in which he has his habitual residence the same protection as is accorded to nationals of that country. In the territory of any other Contracting State, he shall be accorded the same protection as is accorded in that territory to nationals of the country in which he has his habitual residence. I. Background & Commentary This article differentiates between a stateless person’s country of habitual residence in which they claim the rights of Article 14, and all other Contracting States to the 1954 Convention where they may claim the rights of Article 14.115 In the stateless person’s country of habitual residence, a stateless person is to be accorded the same protection as nationals of the country. In all other Contracting States to the 1954 Convention, a stateless person is to be granted the same rights that are accorded to nationals of the country of his habitual residence.116 The scope of the rights enjoyed is dependent on domestic law or international conventions respecting artistic rights and industrial property.117 Therefore, determining a stateless person’s rights under Article 14 is a challenge given that the rights change depending on whether the person moves from one Robinson Commentary to the 1954 Convention, supra note 11 at 33. Ibid. 117 Ibid., at 34. 115 116 26