Selected Papers

Selected Papers

Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada, October 1987
“Copyright Reform”

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Seminar, April 1987
“New Changes to the Patent System”

Canadian Institute Seminar, Toronto, May 1988
“Domestic & International Technology Transfers Conference” “Biotechnology Licensing” (with Eileen McMahon)

Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal, July 1988
“New Changes to the Patent System”

Canadian Computer Law Reporter Vol. 6, Issues 3 and 4, January 1989
“Biotechnology Licensing” (with Eileen McMahon)

Canadian Institute Seminar, October 1989
Chairman and Panellist – “The Business of Biotechnology”

Canadian Institute Seminar, June 1991, November 1991, June 1992, April 1997
“Grey Market Goods and Parallel Importation”

Report of the Canadian Group A.I.P.P.I., January 1992
“Life Form Patenting”

National Judicial Institute, Trade-marks, Montebello, Quebec, November 1992
“Oppositions and Post-Registration Attacks”

Canadian Institute Seminar, Chairman, February 1993
“The Business of Biotechnology”

Blake, Cassels and Graydon Seminar June 1993
“The Inevitable Internalization of Trade-marks and Grey Market”

Law Society of Upper Canada, September 1993
“Trade-mark Licensing”

International Bar Association, September 1993
“Franchising and Special Trade-Mark Issues”

Contributing Author, Gordon Henderson Trade Mark Law in Canada (Carswell, 1994) Intellectual Property World Desk Reference, October 1993, December 1994
“Canada Summary of Intellectual Property Laws”

International Bar Association, Melbourne, September 1994
“Industrial Design and Copyright”

Law Society of Upper Canada – Initiation in Intellectual Property, June 6, 1995
“Patents in a Nutshell”

International Bar Association, September 1995
“Protecting International Reputation”

International Bar Association, Berlin, September 1996
“Publishing Agreements and Copyright”

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, September 1997
“Managing Intellectual Property Issues in the United States”

International Bar Association, New Delhi, November 1997
“Technology Transfer”

Managing Intellectual Property, December 1997
“Survey of Trade Secret Law in Canada”

Insight Conference
Intellectual Property Litigation, February 22-23, 1999 “Demonstrative Evidence in Intellectual Property Cases”

Biotechnology Focus, March/April 1999
“Setting the Right Royalty”

Canadian Legal Yearbook, Intellectual Property Section, June 1999
“Intellectual Property Year in Review”

InfoNex, June 1999
“Tactics for Maintaining Competitive Position of IP Assets”

TechLaw, September 1999
“International Patent Litigation – Patent and Trade-mark Litigation in Canada”

The Canadian Institute, November 2000
“International Licensing Agreements and Technology Transfers: A Cross-Border Perspective”

InfoNex, November 2000
“Revised Interim USPTO Utility and Written Description Patent Guidelines and How They Are Being Interpreted”

The Canadian Institute, May 2001
“New Developments in Biotech Patentability: Harvard Mouse and More”

InfoNex, June 2001 (Toronto)
“Understanding the Recent Changes to Patent Construction: What You Need to Know”

International Bar Association, November 2001 (Mexico)
“Canadian Patent Litigation”

InfoNex, January 2002 (Toronto)
“Cross-Border Concerns: Examining Trade Secrets and Confidential Information”

The Canadian Institute, February 2002
“Maximizing Licensing Opportunities While Protecting the Company’s IP Rights”

The Canadian Institute, February 2002
“Protecting and Managing Corporate IP”

Chair. Insight Information Co. “Drug Patents”, March 2002.
Federated Press Conference, April 2002
“Anticipating Disputes and Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property”

International Trademark Association, Annual Meeting May 2002
“Trade-marks Issues on Websites and Website Agreements”

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Understanding Copyrights (McGill University), August 2002
“Statutory Exemptions to Copyright Infringement”

International Trademarks Association (Brussels), September 2002
“Trade-marks in Cyberspace”

International Trademarks Association (New York), September 2002
“Trade-marks in Cyberspace”

TechLaw (Indianapolis), October 2002
“Patent Protection for Living (and Almost Living) Things”

American Intellectual Property Law Association, October 2002
“Trade-marks and Copyright Developments”

BIOTECanada Insights Magazine, October 2002
“Patent Enforcement”

World Internet Law Reporter, November 2002
“Fair Dealing and the Internet”

World Trademark Law Report, January 2003
“Sullivan Entertainment v. Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority”

case comment
World Intellectual Property Report, March 2003
“Federal Court of Appeal: “Small Entity” Status Does Not Change”

Co-Chair Insight Information Co. “Drug Patents”, March 2003
International Bar Association, September 2003
“Interpretation of Patent Claims – A Global View”

American Intellectual Property Association, January 2004,
“The Best and Worst Practices in International Intellectual Property Litigation”

University of Toronto Law School Lectures, February 2004
“Interpretation of Patent Claims”

Co-Chair Insight Information Co. “Drug Patents”, March 2004
World Intellectual Property Report, March 2004
“No Markman Hearings in Canada”

Co-Chair Insight Information Co. “Drug Patents”

, March 2005
Nanotechnology Law & Business, Vol. 2, Issue 2, April 2005
“Nanotechnology in Canada”
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World Intellectual Property Law Reports, November 2005
“Supreme Court of Canada Decides LEGO Case”

Lawyers Weekly, November 2005
“Peer to Peer File Sharing”

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Focus, February 2006
“Drawing the Lines in Court”

IP&IT Handbook 2006/07, February 2006
“Managing Intellectual Property – Trade-marks Q&A”

IP&IT Handbook 2006/07, February 2006
“Managing Intellectual Property – Protection and Enforcement of Five Essential IPRs Q&A”

Insight Information Co., Co-Chair “Drug Patents”,

March 2006
World Trade-mark Law Report, March 2006
“Canadian Court Restrains Grey market Goods”

World Trade-mark Law Report, April 2006
“Canadian Court upholds United States Judgment against Canadian Internet Business”

IBA – Product Law and Advertising Committee Newsletter, June 2006
“Unfair Competition – Comparative Advertising – Canada”

McCarthy Tetrault , Technology Law Quarterly June 2006
“Canadian court upholds U.S. Judgment against Canadian Internet Business”

Federated Press – Intellectual Property Quarterly, July 2006
“Proposed Changes to Canadian Drug “Linkage” PM (NOC) Regulations and Data Exclusivity Provisions”

Queen’s University, Kingston, September 2006
“Database Protection – The limits of copyright”

Osgoode Hall Law School, April, 2007 & June 2008
York University – Course on Intellectual Property License Agreements “Copyright Grant and Scope”

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, October 2007
“Parallel Imports – Can I.P. Law Prevent Them”

Federated Press, November 5, 2007
“Patent Valuation”

Northwind Professional Institute
Patentability of Business Methods Invitational Forum – Panel Discussion Moderator “What is the position of other jurisdictions?”

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Federated Press, May 2008
“Selection Patents”

The Conference Board of Canada, May 2008
Intellectual Property Rights Conference: A Catalyst for Innovation – Panel Discussion Participant “Intellectual Property Development, Management, and Protection”

Federated Press, Intellectual Property Quarterly 2008
“Proposed Amendments to the Copyright Act Bill C-61”

World Intellectual Property Report, 2008 (by Brian W. Gray & Jason Markwell)
“Supreme Court of Canada upholds the validity of selection patents and restates the tests for anticipation and obviousness, Apotex Inc. v. Sanofi-Synthelabo Canada Inc. et al. (Supreme Court of Canada)”

Lexpert, Nov / Dec 2008
“Business Method Patents: Here to Stay?”

13th IT.CAN Conference, October 2009
“Recent Patent Issues re Business Method and Software Implemented Inventions – Other Patent Issues Relevant to the IT Industry”

Executive View Media UK – Digital Guide on Intellectual Property 2010
“Indefiniteness: Computer Claims with Means plus Function Language”

Central and Eastern European Law Institute (CEELI) Instructor on Intellectual Property for three day program for judges from Ukraine and Moldova, January 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
Financier Worldwide, September 2011
“Canada – Intellectual Property Annual Review 2011”

Federated Press – Intellectual Property Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 1, 2011
“Federal Court of Appeal Ruling on whether Amazon.com’s “One-Click” System may be Patentable”

Federated Press, October 18, 2011
“Workshop: Managing IT and IP Disputes”

International Bar Association, Dubai, November 2011, Chair Panel
“Specialist Intellectual Property Courts”

International Bar Association, Dubai, November 2011, Roundtable Leader
“Intellectual Property Auctions”

Financier Worldwide, January 2012
“Canada – Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Annual Review”

Norton Rose Canada IP Monitor – Trade-marks and Brands, February 2012
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“CIPO Inviting Consultation, Sound, Motion and Holographic Marks to be Allowed and Opposition Procedures Modernized”

University of Guelph- February 16, 2012
“Copyright Licensing Grant and Scope”

Federated Press, June 19, 2012
“Patent Portfolio Assessment and Valuation”

Managing IP Magazine, 2012
“Non-traditional Trade-marks in Canada”

Norton Rose Canada IP Monitor – Trade-marks and Brands, August 2012 (by Brian W. Gray & Adam Haller)
“Imperial Tobacco Smokes Marlboro”

Federated Press, Intellectual Property Journal, August 2012
“Are We Communicating? In Public?: Two Supreme Court Decisions”

Federated Press Workshop, October 12, 2012
“Managing IT and IP Disputes”

International Bar Association, Dublin, October 2012, Panel Chair “International Exhaustion of Trade-mark and Copyright Rights”

University of Guelph, November 14, 2012
“Novelty Rules and Prior Disclosure”

Osgoode Hall, York University, November 27, 2012
“Copyright Licensing Grant and Scope”

Judge, Fox Intellectual Property Moot February 2013
Client Presentation to DuPont, March 2013
“Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures”

International Bar Association World Life Sciences Conference Dallas, Texas, May 2013 panel presentation on IP due diligence in Life Sciences transactions
Client Seminar, H.J. Heinz, May 2013
“Trade-mark and Marketing Issues”

The Art Collecting Legal Handbook, Thomson Reuters published May 2013 – Canada chapter
Federated Press, May 2013
“Copyright Litigation – Recent Case Law”

Federal Circuit Bar Association, September 2013
“Trade and Intellectual Property in a Global Recovering Economy” / “Business Method Patents”

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The Canadian Institute Annual Forum, October 2013
“The Challenges of Enforcement: Chapter 17 of the NAFTA and Enforcement”

Federated Press, October 2013
“Managing IT and IP Disputes Workshop”

American Intellectual Property Association, Panel Chair, October 2013 Washington D.C.
“Special Patent Courts or Courts with Special Patent Rules?”

IT.Can Conference, October 2013
“Recent Developments on Patent Law of Interest to IT Lawyers”

Client Presentation – Mattel, November 2013
“Advertising, Marketing, Competition & Trade-marks”

Canadian Science Policy Conference Toronto, November 21, 2013
“Business methods, abstract ideas and claim construction. The illusive search for the claimed invention”

Norton Rose Legal Matters Series, December 4, 2013
“Advertising Seminar”

Judge, Fox Intellectual Property Moot February 2014
Federated Press Intellectual Property Journal March 2014: “Robinson’s Crusade: copyright Infringement considered by the Supreme Court of Canada”

IP Monitor April 2014, “Government Pulls A Fast One, trademark amendments”

IP Monitor May 2014, “The Oracle has Spoken, Oracle v. Google”

IP Monitor July 2014 “Trademarks Unlimited Provincially”

International Bar Association September 2014 “Copyright Claims are a part of Hollywood business”

Federated Press Intellectual Property Journal. November 2014 “Has the Average Consumer Gotten Smarter or Are the B.C. Courts Changing the Ambit of Protection for Official Marks”

IP Monitor December 2014 “Combatting Counterfeiting”

Judge, Fox Intellectual Property Moot February 2015
IP Monitor December 2015 “Broadcast Incidental Copying Requires a License”

IP Monitor February 2016 Lexmark Int’l Inc. v. Impression 24 Prods, Inc. “This Is So Exhausting”

, International Exhaustion.
IP Monitor February 2016 “Account of Profits – Equitable but not extraordinary”

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IP Monitor October 2016 “The insecurity of intellectual property licenses during insolvency proceedings”.

IT.Can 2016 Annual Conference, October 25, 2016
“Linking and Searching: Patrolling and Controlling the Internet”

IP Monitor November 2016 “Pizza battle goes to registrant”

IP Monitor December 2016 “Settlement agreement restricting grey marketing is not an unreasonable
restraint of trade”

IP Monitor December 2016 “Trade-mark registration not all singing and all dancing”

IP Monitor January 2017 “Where does a cause of action for patent infringement arise?”

Moderator and Panelist June 21, 2017 “Subject Matter Eligibility Across Borders’ AIPLA Electronic and Computer Patent Law Summit”

Speaker, AIPLA annual meeting October 18-21, 2017 “Post-Sale Rights Post Lexmark, implications for U.S. and foreign patent owners and licensees”