Are you interested in intellectual property?  If you want to find out more about what intellectual property is, or what intellectual property lawyers do, you should come out to the Technology and Intellectual Property (TIP) Group’s Welcome Lunch.  We will explain the events that we run during the year, including the Osler Speaker Series, our yearly TIP Conference, and firm tours.  We will also let you know about various opportunities for you to get involved in the club.

If you have any comments or questions or would like to receive more information, please e-mail rachel.weiner@utoronto.ca.

Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM

Place: FLB

The 2011 Technology and Intellectual Property Group Conference Starts Tomorrow!!!

Each lunch hour from Tomorrow to Thursday, a stellar line-up of speakers will debate and discuss copyright modernization in Canada.

Dates/Times:
Monday – Wednesday: 12:30 – 2:00 pm in FLC
Thursday: 12:30 – 2:00 pm in BLH

Lunch will be provided on each day!

On Monday, Margaret Wilkinson of the University of Western Ontario and Roanie Levy of Access Copyright will discuss Copyright in the Educational and Academic Setting

Tuesday’s session is entitled Putting the Issue on Table: The Work of Practitioners and Industry Associations in Bill C-32, and will be presented by Brian Isaac and Daniel Faya of Smart & Biggar

Wednesday will be all about Technological Protection Measures and Digital Rights Management, and will feature Catherin Lovrics of Bereskin & Parr and Barry Sookman of McCarthy Tetrault

Finally, Thursday’s session will feature a special lecture from Dr. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

We hope to see you all there!

The 2011 Technology and Intellectual Property Group Conference is just two weeks away!!!

Each lunch hour from February 28th to March 3rd (the week right after reading week), a stellar line-up of speakers will debate and discuss copyright modernization in Canada:

On Monday, Margaret Wilkinson of the University of Western Ontario and Roanie Levy of Access Copyright will discuss Copyright in the Educational and Academic Setting

Tuesday’s session is entitled Putting the Issue on Table: The Work of Practitioners and Industry Associations in Bill C-32, and will be presented by Brian Isaac of Smart & Biggar and Paul Spurgeon of SOCAN

Wednesday will be all about Technological Protection Measures and Digital Rights Management, and will feature Catherin Lovrics of Bereskin & Parr and Barry Sookman of McCarthy Tetrault

Finally, Thursday’s session will feature a special lecture from Dr. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

Mark your calendars! More information will be coming soon!! LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT EACH SESSION!!!

This Thursday, join Alex Kenjeev (University of Toronto, JD/MBA) for lunch and a discussion of how you can use your legal background to build innovative companies!

The Centre for Innovation Law and Policy & The Technology and Intellectual Property Group present:

Alex Kenjeev: How My JD Made Me an Entrepreneur
Thursday, February 17, 2011
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
FLB

As usual, LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED!!

The next Osler Speaker Series lecture is on Thursday!

Michael Fekete will be speaking on the new Bill C-28, aka the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Bill

Thursday, January 27th, 2011
12:30 – 2:00 pm
FLB

Come out for a fascinating talk and an excellent lunch courtesy of Osler.

The second Osler Speaker Series of the year is next Thursday!

Jonathan Cutler  will be speaking on “Patents 101” and on Life as a Patent Lawyer

Thursday, November 25^th, 2010

12:30 – 1:30

Falconer Solarium

Come out for a fascinating talk and an excellent lunch courtesy of Osler.

This year’s Osler Speaker Series is kicking off this Thursday!

Dov Begun will be speaking on “Cybertax 101 – Canadian Taxation of Electronic Commerce”
Thursday, October 28th
12:30 – 1:30
FLB

Come out for a fascinating talk and an excellent lunch courtesy of Osler.

Please RSVP to tip@tipgroup.ca

Each of the executives discussed a set of events that they will be running this year. If you have suggestions or questions, you can contact them by email.

Sie Tjew is organizing firm tours. The plan is to visit two IP boutiques and the IP department of one full-service firm. The list is not finalized. It is possible that all three tours may be in a single day. He requests that first-years interested email him with their opinions.

There will be five Osler speakers this year. The dates and topics are not set. We may also host additional speakers outside the Osler series If you have any topic requests, please contact Rebecca Rodal. Some suggestions were telecommunications, copyright reform and internet law. Past topics have included Trademarks 101, net neutrality, and IP litigation.

The TIP Group is launching an IP blog. We are looking for two groups of volunteers. The small first group will be responsible for finding interesting news and blog articles to report on the website. The second group will contribute a few articles of approximately 500 words (two doublespaced pages) over the course of the year. The articles will cover a recent news item or concept in IP law. It’s a great opportunity. Email Billy Barnes if you’re interested.

The TIP conference is a series of talks on a theme in IP law given over a week or in a single day. We need volunteers to help organize and run the event. Contact Jean Lee to volunteer.

We are interested in joining the Fox IP moot next year, but we need to get started this year. If you are interested in IP and mooting, please email Fereshteh Ghadyani.