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Publications
& Presentations:
Publications:
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The
mandatory arbitration of domain name
disputes and significant changes to the Canadian domain name
registration system,
Corporate Counsel, 2000.
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Originality
is 'No Sweat': Originality
in the Canadian Law of Copyright
presented at the 1992 Annual
General Meeting of the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (now
IPIC), (1993), 9 C.I.P. Rev. 270: cited in Hager v. ECW Press Ltd. et
al., 85 C.P.R. (3d) 289, Federal Court, Trial Division.
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Co-author
with Alice Tsang of Trademark
Maintenance,
The Corporate
Counsellor, Leader Publications, New York, 1996.
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Long-standing
copyright laws thrust
aside in Allen ruling,
Lawyers Weekly, February 27, 1998.
Presentations:
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Keeping
Track of Your IP Assets to Ensure
Maximum Value and Protection,
The Canadian Institute,
conference entitled "Patents, Confidential Information, Industrial
Design, Software-Related Copyright", Toronto, February 2002.
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Counterfeits,
Grey Markets and Passing
off: Critical Protective and Remedial Steps to Protect Your Client's
Interests, The Canadian
Institute, conference entitled "The
Advanced Forum On Intellectual Property Law & Practise",
Toronto,
May 2001.
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Co-chair
& speaker - The
Basics of
Intellectual Property Issues for Information Technology,
IT.
Can, The Second Annual IT Law Spring Training Program, Toronto, April
2001.
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Security
Interests In Intellectual
Property, Insight, Montreal,
May, 2000.
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Intellectual
Property Considerations for
Entrepreneurs, Innovation
Foundation, Sudbury, May 2000.
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Selling
to Surfers: Complying with
Advertising Legislation Online,
Infonex, Toronto, March 2000.
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New
Canadian Approaches to Domain Name
Administration, Intellectual
Property Law Association of Chicago
International Trademark Seminar, entitled "Master Your Domain (Name),
Domain Name Registration Procedures and Dispute Resolution: A Worldwide
Update", Chicago, March 1999.
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Effectively
Protecting Your Intellectual
Property, Toronto Workshop
for Inventors and Entrepreneurs,
Toronto, May 1998.
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Computer
and Software Litigation:
Special Problems and Issues,
Insight conference, February 1998.
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Merchandising
and Personality Licensing,
Infonex, conference entitled "Intellectual Property Issues For Business
Agreements, A Practical Course", Toronto, April 1997.
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Panelist
- International Trade-marks,
AIPPI Canada, 1997 General Meeting.
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Computers
and Software, The
Canadian Institute conference entitled "Important New Amendments To
Copyright", Toronto, June 1996.
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Character
and Merchandising Licensing,
The Canadian Institute conference entitled "Licensing Agreements in the
Entertainment Industry", Toronto, June 1996.
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Valuation
Issues: Intellectual Property as a
Security Device,
The Meredith Lectures, McGill University,
Faculty of Law, Montreal, May 1996.
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Trademark,
Patent, Trade Secret and
Technology Licensing,
American Conference Institute conference
entitled "Licensing And Other I.P. Transactions", Boston, February 1996.
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Advertising
Copyright,
Association of Canadian Advertisers Incorporated, November 1995,
Toronto.
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Working
with Multimedia Technology:
Applying the Applications,
Infonex, Toronto, November 1994.
Professional
Activities:
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Instructor,
Negotiation and Alternative
Dispute Resolution, Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course
(1992-2000).
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Past
Chair of the Intellectual Property
Institute of Canada's Committee on Trade Mark Legislation.
Civic
Involvement:
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Recently
helped negotiate 55 boating club
leases with the City of Toronto.
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Member of
2006 Dragon Boat World Crew
Championship Organizing Committee, and Toronto Waterfront
Revitalization Corporation Stakeholder Committee.
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Helped
raise $23 million from three levels of
government to build a water sports course in Humber Bay, which opened
in 2006.
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Toronto
Sailing and Canoe Club -Toronto's
oldest yacht club - Commodore
(2002 - 2004), Vice Commodore,
1999-2002. Created a scholarship program to provide 15 needy children a
year with sailing day camp. Created a community access sailing program.
Increased club revenues 15 percent while cutting expenses.
Personal
Interests:
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Racing
sailboats and radio control sailboats
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Computational
fluid dynamics
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Designing
and building experimental radio
control sailboats
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Computer
programming (e.g., disassembler,
terminal program, internet data retrieval programs, option trading
software, boat design software, and patent search software).
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2003
Canadian Champion for Soling 1 Metre
radio control sailboat class; 4th place, 2005 US National Championships
for Soling 1 Metre class.
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Applied
evolutionary theory and contemporary
scientific research.
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