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Join members of the Blakes Intellectual Property Group for an update on intellectual property and marketing and advertising law in Canada and how recent developments impact organizations doing business in Canada. Highlighting key differences between U.S. and Canadian law, topics will include:
- Recent developments in Canadian Patent Law presented by Anthony Prenol
- Recent developments in Canadian Trade-mark and Copyright Law presented by Gary Daniel
- Canadian regulatory update: the impact of Canadas new Anti-Spam Legislation and new Consumer Product Safety Legislation presented by Laura Weinrib
Blakes Presenters:
Anthony Prenol is a Partner in the Blakes Intellectual Property Group. He is involved in all aspects of the clearance, prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He is a lawyer, patent agent and trade-mark agent. His practice focuses primarily on patent litigation, trade-mark litigation and copyright litigation. Anthony has been chosen as one of the "World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners" by Managing Intellectual Property and has been ranked in each of the IP: patent litigation and IP: non-patent litigation categories in surveys conducted by Practical Law Company (PLC). In The Best Lawyers in Canada, he was voted by peers as one of the leading intellectual property lawyers in Canada. He has also been recognized as an "IP Luminary" in a survey of the IP community published by Informa Law and in the World Trademark Review 1000: The Definitive Guide to Trademark Legal Services. He has also been selected as being among the world's pre-eminent trade-mark lawyers in Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers.
Gary Daniel is a Partner in the Blakes Intellectual Property Group, whose practice emphasizes trade-mark and copyright law. Gary advises clients regarding obtaining, enforcing and licensing trade-marks and copyright in Canada. He also counsels Canadian and internationally-based clients on trade-mark and copyright issues involved in corporate transactions and financings. Gary has been certified by The Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in intellectual property (trade-mark and copyright) law and is recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in the field of intellectual property law by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, the World Trademark Review 1000: The Definitive Guide to Trademark Legal Services, and The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers.
Laura Weinrib is a Partner practising with the Blakes Intellectual Property Group. Her practice emphasizes pharmaceutical, medical device, natural health product, food and consumer product law, and the marketing and advertising of these products. Laura has advised clients on such matters as drug, medical device, natural health product, consumer product and food labelling, and other regulatory issues arising under Canadian legislation, including licensing and product safety issues. She has also provided advice regarding clinical trial agreements, contract research organization agreements, promotional programs, advertising, product claims, the purchase and sale of pharmacies, hospital supply agreements, and consulting and advisory board agreements.
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