IP Osgoode is proud to present our fall speaker series. The Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada will be presenting a lecture on the recent copyright pentalogy cases at the Supreme Court entitled "Reflections on the Supreme Court of Canada 2012 Copyright Decisions" on November 27. The Honourable Mr. Justice Roger T. Hughes of the Federal Court of Canada will be presenting a lecture regarding advocacy skills entitled "Advocacy Skills and IP: Observations from the Bench" on November 29. These events are a must-see for anyone interested in Intellectual Property.

Details:

"Reflections on the Supreme Court of Canada 2012 Copyright Decisions" - November 27, 12:30pm-2:00pm, Moot Court, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Canada. Please RSVP to www.iposgoode.ca/rsvp, Event Code: Rothstein, by Monday November 20. Lunch will be served. All are welcome. Click here for details.

"Advocacy Skills and IP: Observations from the Bench" - November 29, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Faculty Common Room (Room 2027), Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Canada. Please RSVP to www.iposgoode.ca/rsvp, Event Code: Hughes, by Monday November 22. All are welcome. Click here for details.

If you are unable to attend our speaker series lectures, a video archive of both presentations will be made available on the IP Osgoode website following the events.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein: Born December 25, 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Educated at Winnipeg schools and University of Manitoba, B.Com., 1962, LL.B., 1966. Called to the Bar of Manitoba, 1966. Married to Sheila Dorfman of Montreal on June 12, 1966. Four children: Ronald, Douglas, Tracey and Robert, and three grandchildren. Associate Thorvaldson, Eggertson, Saunders and Mauro, 1966-69; Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, 1969-72; partner Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, 1972-92, member and periodic Chairman of Management Committee/Executive Board, 1981-92. Appointed Q.C., 1979.

Practised in the areas of Administrative Law and Litigation, primarily Transportation and Competition Law. Labour and commercial arbitrator. Adjudicator, Manitoba Human Rights Act, 1978-83. Member, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, 1986-92. Appeared before federal and Manitoba Administrative Tribunals, Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, Manitoba Court of Appeal, Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Lecturer, Transportation Law, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, 1970-83, 1988-92. Lecturer, Contract Law, University of Manitoba, Extension Department, 1970-75. Bar Admission Course Lecturer, Law Society of Manitoba, 1970-75. Secretary (Administrator), Civil Legal Aid Committee, Law Society of Manitoba, 1968-70. Chairman, Commission on Compulsory Retirement (Manitoba), 1981-82. Chairman, Ministerial Task Force on International Air Policy (Canada), 1990-91. Member, Manitoba Transportation Industry Development Advisory Committee, 1985-87, and Chairman, 1987-90. Member, Airports Task Force, 1985-86. Member, Airports Transfer Advisory Board, 1988-92. Member, External Advisory Committee, University of Manitoba Transport Institute, 1989-92.

Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, and member ex officio Appeal Division, June 24, 1992 – January 20, 1999. Appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, October 29, 1992. Judicial member of the Competition Tribunal, May 31, 1993 – January 20, 1999. Appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal, January 21, 1999. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, March 1, 2006.e.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Roger T. Hughes: Born September 16, 1941, in Montreal, Quebec. Educated at Queen’s University (B.Sc. 1963) and University of Toronto (LL.B. 1966). Called to the Bar of Ontario (1968) and Alberta (1976). Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1984). Associate and Partner, Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay and Sim & McBurney (1969 – 2005).

Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law and in Civil Litigation, Law Society of Upper Canada; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Registered Professional Engineer (1964), Registered Trade Mark Agent (1968), Registered Patent Agent (1969); Past-President, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada; Past Director, Advocates’ Society; Author and speaker, Court practice and procedure, patent, trade mark and copyright law, and media and entertainment law.

Appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, June 1, 2005. Appointed as a Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on June 23, 2006.