A Retrospective Look and Resulting Best Practices on the Last Twenty Years of Canadian Trade-mark Licensing
Webinar Abstract:
Join our trade-mark professionals as we review the past twenty years since Canada amended its Trade-marks Act to permit quality controlled licensing of trade-marks.
This webinar includes:
The history and basis for the current licensing provisions
Main themes and ideas since 1993
Approaches and best practices to dealing with issues regarding quality control provisions in trademark license agreements
How to comply with quality control inspections/audits
A partner at Gowlings since 1999, Kelly Gill is best known for his intellectual property litigation practice, particularly in the areas of trade-marks and unfair competition. Kelly is leader of the firm’s Trade-marks Group and interim leader of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group.
Stuart Ash is a partner practising in the Trade-mark, Copyright and Technology Law National Practice Groups. His practice focuses on all aspects of trade-mark and copyright law, including IP transactions, technology transfer and licensing and software licensing. He also works with clients in the area of Strategic IP Management.