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Bob served as President of the Patent and Trademark Institute of
Canada, since renamed as the Intellectual Property Institute of
Canada (IPIC) during 1991-1992, and as a Member of Council of the
IPIC from 1985-1993. He also served from 1991-1994 on the
International Council of FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual
Property Attorneys) and as President of FICPI Canada (1985-1991).
He has also served on the International Financial Advisory Commission
of FICPI.
Bob is a Fellow of the Foundation for Legal Research and a former
member of the Faculty of Law of the University of British Columbia.
He has also served as lecturer at the University of Victoria Law
School, having taught the first course on International Intellectual
Property Law ever offered by the Law School. He is the author
of a number of published papers on patent and trademark law and
related matters, as well as his book on Canadian patent law.
He a member of the Editorial Board of the Intellectual Property
Journal and previously served on the Editorial Committee for the
Canadian Intellectual Property Review. He has served on professional
organization committees, has participated as a lecturer in a number
of continuing education programs, and has served as Canadian delegate
to a number of international meetings dealing with intellectual
property matters.
His other professional association memberships include the Canadian
Bar Association, AIPPI, American Intellectual Property Law Association,
and Licensing Executives Society. He was appointed a Queen's
Counsel in 1982. One of his special interests has been computers;
he has served as a member of the IPIC, AIPPI, FICPI and AIPLA committees
on computer software law. Bob has been retained to counsel
the Government of Canada and the BC Government from time to time,
including advising on intellectual property legislative amendments.
Bob's practice has included his acting as lead counsel in major intellectual property litigation for a number of multinational companies, including Bristol-Myers, Kraft General Foods, Whirlpool, General Mills, Caterpillar, Alcan, Dennison Manufacturing, CIBA-Geigy, RCA, Beecham, and Kimberly-Clark.
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