Second Annual Patent Colloquium

The Second Annual Patent Colloquium held on November 22, 2013 was a huge success! Click on the panel titles below to see the reports by the student rapporteurs.

Panel 1: Patent Advocacy

• Chief Justice Paul Crampton, Federal Court of Canada
• Judge Kathleen O’Malley, US Federal Circuit
• Harry Marcus, LockeLord LLP (NY)
• Andrew Bernstein, Torys
• Mark Davis, Heenan Blaikie

 Panel 2 — Is Canadian Patent Law Out of Step?

• Justice Roger Hughes, Federal Court of Canada
• Ildiko Mehes, Vice President & General Counsel, Teva North America, Generics
• Prof. David Vaver, Osgoode Hall Law School
• Prof. Richard Gold, McGill University Faculty of Law
• Anthony Creber, Gowlings

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JUSTICE ANNABELLE BENNETT, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Panel 3: Views from the Top

• Prof. Ariel Katz, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
• Justice Annabelle Bennett, Federal Court of Australia
• Prof. Norman Siebrasse, University of New Brunswick
• Prof. Andrew Torrance, University of Kansas
• Prof. Toshiko Takenaka, University of Washington

Panel 4: Competition Law and IP

• Prof. Ed Iacobucci, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
• Prof. Ariel Katz, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
• George Addy, Davies
• Prof. Jay Thomas, Georgetown University Law Center
• Catherine Lacavera, Director of Litigation, Google
• Douglas Clark, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau