Date/Time
December 14, 2011
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
200 Bay Street, Suite 3800
Toronto, Ontario
TCLG Cocktail Reception
The Toronto Computer Lawyers’ Group (TCLG) is adding an “Event” to our Cocktail Reception (new start time 5:00 p.m. December 14) Professor Emir Crowne of the University of Windsor, Faulty of Law and Brian Gray, Partner – Norton Rose, will present “Academia v. Bay Street” – as both sides weigh in on the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Amazon.
Emir Crowne, a Barrister & Solicitor, is an Associate Professor at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law. With over 50 publications to his name, he has written extensively on patentable subject matter (with over a dozen articles to date), and recently defended his PhD on this very topic. He also writes headnotes for the Canadian Patent Report and Co-Chairs the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot.
Brian Gray practices litigation and dispute resolution for patent, copyright, trade-mark and advertising matters. He counsels and represents clients with large patent and trade-mark portfolios and has appeared before the Federal and Ontario courts on patent, trademark and copyright matters.
There will be drinks and hors d’oeuvres following the Amazon case discussion – no charge to members of either the TCLG or our guests from the OBA IT & E-Commerce section – $30 for all others.