89th Annual Meeting

Detailed Program

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TIME	TOPIC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
16:30-18:30	REGISTRATION
18:30	AN EVENING AT THE CASTLE IPIC welcomes you to Canada’s Castle in the Rockies. Enjoy a casual dinner with friends and colleagues in The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel’s spectacular Mount Stephen Hall with a stunning view of the Canadian Rockies. Pre-registration required. Event sponsored by:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015
07:00-15:45	REGISTRATION
07:00-08:30	BREAKFAST (Full Buffet) Breakfast sponsored by:
08:30-08:40	Opening Remarks Alexandra Steele ROBIC, LLP (Montréal) Chair of the Forums & Seminars Committee David Schwartz Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh IPIC President
08:40-09:40	Keynote Address - ETHICS Judges are from Mars, Litigators are from Venus: Tips for a Better Relationship with Your Judge Honourable George Locke Federal Court of Canada
09:40-10:00	NETWORKING BREAK All networking breaks are sponsored by:
10:00-11:00	Plenary - ETHICS In Motion: Reimagining the Ways We Practice Moderator: Paul Lomic* Lomic Law (Toronto)* Transition (turmoil, upheaval, opportunity) in the legal services field Client-centred service provision Innovation in practice (project management, ABS and other trends) Rethink: Think often, think big Janet Fuhrer Ridout & Maybee LLP (Ottawa) President, Canadian Bar Association
11:00-12:00	Patents Full Disclosure: The Supreme Court of IPIC Considers "Utility and Sound Prediction" Moderator: Alexandra Steele* ROBIC, LLP* (Montréal) Watch two of Canada’s leading IP counsel square off before the Supreme Court of IPIC on the “Plavix” appeal Hear arguments for and against the “disclosure” requirement for sound prediction See leading jurists “test” counsel’s arguments Jonathan Stainsby Aitken Klee LLP (Ottawa) Andrew Bernstein Torys LLP (Toronto) SUPREME COURT OF IPIC: Honourable Peter Annis Federal Court of Canada Honourable George Locke Federal Court of Canada Honourable Glennys McVeigh Federal Court of Canada	Trademarks Lessons Learned: Brand Value and Crisis Management Moderator: Andrea L. Rutty* Ledgley Law (Toronto)* Impact of recalls on brand value Cease & desist letters and social media Use of outside advisors Best practices and case studies Robert A. MacDonald Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Ottawa) Joanne Nardi Molson Coors Canada (Toronto)
12:00-13:30	LUNCH AND AGM Lunch sponsored by:
13:30-14:30	Patents Protection of Pharmaceutical Patent Rights vs Access to Affordable Drugs Moderator: Katie Wei* Clancy P.C. + Brion Raffoul (Ottawa)* How is Canada maintaining drug innovation through patent protection while preserving access to affordable drugs? What can we do to help balance the need for access to affordable drugs with the maintenance of a steady stream of life-saving medicines? What are relevant issues faced by practitioners that merit discussion? Carol Hitchman Gardiner Roberts LLP (Toronto) Jordana Sanft Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Toronto)	Trademarks & Copyright *Anti-counterfeiting – The Combating Counterfeit Products Act, One Year Later* Moderator: Ryan Evans* Dimock Stratton LLP (Toronto)* How the bill “works in practice” Combating counterfeit goods in Canada and other jurisdictions, including border enforcement, criminal provisions and civil remedies CSBA approach, processes and procedures Lorne Lipkus Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP (Toronto) Sergeant Jeffrey Karran IPR Crime Federal Coordinator, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Shelley Jones, Senior Legal Counsel, Trademarks & Brand Enforcement, BlackBerry Limited (Ottawa)
14:30-15:30	Patents Boom or Bust? Patents in the Energy Sector Moderator: Erin Pisko* Cenovus Energy (Calgary)* Peter Wilcox Belmore Neidrauer LLP (Toronto) Roseann Caldwell Bennett Jones LLP (Calgary) Heather Mueller Suncor Energy Inc. (Calgary) Pitfalls and prevention when dealing with a highly mobile workforce and a diverse set of interactions with third parties Regulatory disclosure requirements, timelines of development, and the reduction to practice threshold Technology in the oil business from identification of reserves to market access Who is the client, best practices around joint development from both exclusivity and use perspectives, and ownership	Trademarks & Copyright Taking it Down: Remedies Involving Internet Intermediaries Moderator: Mark Davis* Belmore Neidrauer LLP (Toronto)* Anonymity, privacy and jurisdictional issues in identifying online infringers Internet intermediaries face uncertain liability for copyright and trademark infringement Are creative solutions used elsewhere to stop online infringers available in Canada? George Sevier Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP (London, UK) James Kosa Deeth Williams Wall LLP (Toronto)
	FREE TIME IN BANFF Thursday’s program ends at 3:30 pm to give delegates the opportunity to explore a little of what Banff has to offer . . . shopping, sightseeing, hiking, dinner and more. Delegates are on their own to tour Banff at their leisure and have dinner at one of the many local restaurants. Click here for a list of local restaurants in Banff. Reservations are recommended. A shuttle service will be provided to and from the hotel.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
07:00-15:00	REGISTRATION
07:00-08:30	BREAKFAST
08:30-09:00	Plenary CIPO Update Johanne Bélisle Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and CEO (CIPO)
09:00-10:00	Plenary The IP Practitioner's Guide to Crowdfunding Moderator: Sanro Zlobec Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh (Montréal) Crowdfunding basics: what, why and how? IP risks and opportunities A crowdfunding success story takes flight *Christene Hirschfeld, Q.C.* BOYNECLARKE (Dartmouth, NS) *Sandi Gilbert* Co-Founder and CEO, SeedUps Canada (Calgary) *Roger Jewett* Founder and CEO, Jump On Flyaways (Calgary)
10:00-10:15	NETWORKING BREAK
10:15-11:15	Plenary 3D Printing and IP: Novel Issues and Massive Opportunities Moderator: Hung Nguyen* Deeth Williams Wall LLP (Toronto)* Overview of 3D Printing: Watch a live 3D scanning demo. See real 3D printed objects. IP issues, concerns and solutions for rights holders: Explore IP issues and opportunities raised by 3D technologies with case studies Moving forward in a 3D Printing World: Looking to the past and applying lessons from the music industry Paul Banwatt General Counsel and COO, Matter and Form Inc. (Toronto) *Carlos Rosario* Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP (Palo Alto, California)
11:15-12:15	Patents Standards, Patents and FRAND Licensing Moderator: Neil Henderson* Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Toronto)* Standards: Are you in? (Standards Essential Patents) FRAND Commitments: How committed are they? Anti-trust: When has a patent monopoly gone too far? Litigation/Licensing: US and EU Update Jean-Nicolas Delage Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Montréal) Christian Harmsen Bird & Bird (Dusseldorf, Germany) Matt Vella President and CEO, Acacia Research Group (Newport Beach, CA) Demetrios Anaipakos AZA Law (Houston, Texas)	Trademarks Pre and Post- NICE/Singapore/Madrid Preparation and Trademark Application Filing in Canada Moderator: Marion Bailey-Canham* Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Ottawa)* Overview of implementation of the TM Treaties and changes to business, operations and tools Preparing for the NICE classification system – tips and tools, including a demonstration of the NICE Pick-List Overview of regulatory impacts & policy considerations of bringing Madrid to Canada When to use the Madrid system and when to file directly? *Christopher Aide* Baker & McKenzie (Toronto) *Darlene Carreau* Chair, Trademarks Opposition Board, CIPO *Annie Crousset* Director General, Trademarks Branch, CIPO
12:30-13:30	IP Roundtables and Lunch Lunch with the Director General of the Trademarks Branch Lunch with the Assistant Commissioner of Patents Should registered IP practitioners have a monopoly on dispensing IP advice? - ETHICS Protecting client information in the technology age: is your client information secure? - ETHICS Alternate fee arrangements: moving beyond the hourly rate - ETHICS Nuts and bolts of running an IP practice: engagement letters, file closing, retention and civility - ETHICS Conflicts of interest: do you know where your information is coming from? - ETHICS Safeguarding your IP practice from liability: foreign negligence issues - ETHICS Pre-registration required. Lunch will also be offered to delegates who do not participate in an IP roundtable. Lunch sponsored by:
13:30-14:30	Patents GOTCHA: Update on Patent Infringement Remedies in Canada and the US Moderator: Doug Thompson* Thompson Cooper LLP (Victoria)* The value, impact and proper use of pre-dispute infringement / invalidity opinions Measuring compensatory damages: lost profits; convoyed sales; price erosion, accounting of profits; reasonable royalty, apportionment Exemplary damages: punitive damages (Canada) vs. willfulness (USA) Award of attorneys’ fees and costs Injunctions Judith Robinson Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Montréal) Michael Florey Fish & Richardson P.C. (Minneapolis)	Trademarks & Copyright Remedies for Copyright & Trademark Infringement - if not what you want, what you need Moderator: Arnold Ceballos Pain & Ceballos LLP (Vaughn) Accounting of profits in trademark cases - you can't always get what you want Injunctions in trademark cases - start me up, or its all over now? Remedies against ISPs in copyright cases – dealing with defendants who operate undercover of the night Trent Horne Bennett Jones LLP (Toronto) Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy Dimock Stratton LLP (Toronto) Chris Wilson Bull, Houser & Tupper LLP (Vancouver) Chris B. Zelyas Parlee McLaws LLP (Edmonton)
14:30-14:45	NETWORKING BREAK
14:45-16:15	Plenary Top IP Cases of the Year Moderator: John Cotter* Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Toronto)* Philip Lapin Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh (Ottawa) Patrick Smith Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Calgary) John Cotter Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Toronto)
18:30	GALA Join us for IPIC’s traditional closing event – an evening of celebration, dinner and dance. Pre-registration required. Sponsored by: DESSERT RECEPTION Continue your evening with a night cap at Dimock Stratton and Duff & Phelps’ dessert reception. Event offered by:

Additional Annual Meeting Sponsors:

Registration Fees

	BEFORE AND INCLUDING SEPTEMBER 11, 2015	AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Member	$ 1,640	$ 1,840
Non Member	$ 1,840	$ 2,040
Emeritus/Honorary	$ 550	$ 550

Fees include day-time meals and social events. GST not included.

Financial Aid

Financial aid may be available to attend the meeting. Applicants will be considered on the basis of their annual income. Inquiries: 613.234.0516

Cancellation Policy

Registration fees must be paid by October 2, 2015. A cancellation fee of $50 (plus GST) will apply to cancellations received in writing on or before September 21, 2015. Refunds will not be issued after this date, but substitutions will be permitted.

Hotel Reservations - SOLD OUT!

The Fairmont Banff Springs
405 Spray Ave, Banff, AB T1L 1J4

Room reservations must be made prior to September 23, 2015.

IPIC Group Rate: $279/night plus 10$/night service charges and applicable tax.

Please call the hotel directly and identify yourself as being with the IPIC group: 1-866-540-4406 or 1-800-441-1414

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in becoming a Program Sponsor, Host Sponsor, Exhibiting Sponsor or Sponsor? Click here for more information on available sponsorships.

For inquiries:

Kim Arial, Manager, Conferences and Events
Tel: 613-234-0516 ext. 27

CPD / CLE

This program is eligible for Substantive Hours and contains Professionalism Hours or Ethics Hours where applicable.

	SUBSTANTIVE HOURS (up to)	PROFESSIONALISM / ETHICS (up to)*
Law Society of Upper Canada	9	3
Law Society of British Columbia	10	3
Law Society of Saskatchewan	10	3
Law Society of Alberta	10	3
Law Society of Manitoba	10	3
Barreau du Québec	12	n/a
New York CLE BOARD	12	3.5
California State Bar	12	3.5

*Professionalism | Ethics Hours
In order to claim the maximum number of professionalism/ethics hours delegates must choose to attend an IP lunch roundtable that carries 1 hour of professionalism/ethics during lunch on Friday, Oct. 16.

Accreditation of this program in other jurisdictions will be considered if interest is expressed.