Annual Report 2020/2021

  • August 17, 2021

Summary of Meetings: Intellectual Property & Technology Law

Number of Meetings Held:3

November 05, 2020
Registration Count: 50
Guest Speaker: Mat Brechtel, Partner, Norton Rose Jacob Kojfman, Legal Counsel, CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc.
Meeting Title/Topic: Hey You! Get Onto My Cloud!
Synopsis: Mat Brechtel, Partner at Norton Rose, and Jacob Kojfman, Legal Counsel at CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc., shared their perspectives on cloud contracts.

February 03, 2021
Registration Count: 49
Guest Speaker: Jennufer Marles, Partner, Oyen Wiggs Pablo Tseng, Partner, McMillian Scott Foster, Partner, Gowling WLG
Meeting Title/Topic: Top 10 IP Cases in 2020 - BC and Beyond
Synopsis: This past year, the Supreme Court, the federal courts, and BC provincial courts redefined and continued to define key aspects of intellectual property law. In an engaging panel discussion format, Jennifer Marles, Partner at Oyen Wiggs, Pablo Tseng, Partner at McMillian, and Scott Foster, Partner at Gowling WLG discussed the top 10 (and 1) IP cases in 2020 – BC and beyond. The discussion was moderated by Jayde Wood, Associate at Oyen Wiggs.

April 22, 2021
Registration Count: 30
Guest Speaker: Neil Cave, Patent Litigator, Singer Cashman, San Francisco
Meeting Title/Topic: US Patent Law Update
Synopsis: The Intellectual Property & Technology Section invited Neil Cave, who discussd significant decisions from the past year and how to explain them to your clients.

Comments and Observations of the Chair

The online format appears to have worked very well this year. Attendance at meetings was by far much greater this year than in previous years. I recommend that we continue to adopt the online format at least in part, as such meetings did draw a lot of participants from outside of the Vancouver downtown area.
Submitted by Section Chair, Pablo Tseng