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John focuses on providing advocacy and advice concerning intellectual property and related matters, including protecting trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, confidential information and misleading advertising and claims under the Competition Act. A growing component of his work relates to intellectual property claims on the Internet, including domain name disputes. The emphasis is on timely, personalized, client focused service. He has particular expertise regarding actions relating to copyright. He is the author of McKeown, Fox on Canadian Law of Copyright and Industrial Designs (Carswell third and fourth editions and currently updated quarterly). John and the text have been referred to by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal as an authoritative source. His textbook, Brand Management in Canadian Law (Carswell), now in its fifth edition, considers brand management from a legal perspective.In Canadian Intellectual Property Law and Strategy: Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Designs (LexisNexis, published yearly), John provides an overview of Canadian law relating to trademarks, copyright and industrial designs. John is:• Chairman of the Canadian Bar Association Trademarks Committee.• Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association International Trademarks and Internet Committee. • Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Standing International IP Task Force.• Recognized by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyer's in Canada in the field of Intellectual Property and as among the world's leading trademark professionals by the Word Trademark Review.• Martindale-Hubbell, BV Distinguished™ rating.• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. • Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in Intellectual Property Law (Trade Marks/Copyright).John has been counsel in many intellectual property cases that have resulted in leading decisions.Specialties: • Trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, domain names, confidential information and misleading advertising and claims under the Competition Act.

Listed skills include Trademarks, Copyright Law, Appeals, Patent Litigation, and 13 others.