• Title:
• Everything you wanted to know about Software and Business Method Patents but were afraid to ask
• Date:
• April 12th, 2012
• Time:
• 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Event Details: This seminar will bring together leaders in the field to discuss practical aspects of obtaining, asserting, and defending against software and business method patents in Canada.

Key items to be presented and discussed in an open conversation will be:

• best practices to obtain patents on software and business methods;
• what makes software and business method patents unique
• defending your company against non-practising-entities asserting software and business method patents

Panelists:

Christopher Van Barr, Partner Ottawa

James Longwell, Partner, Toronto

Grant Tisdall, Partner, Toronto

Peter Milne, Partner, Hamilton

This program will count for up to 1.5 Substantive hours toward the mandatory CPD requirement of the Law Society of Upper Canada. It will not count for Professionalism or New Member credits. Accreditation by the Barreau du Québec is pending.