Brian D. Edmonds is a partner in our Litigation Group in the Toronto office. He is the past head of the firm's Toronto Intellectual Property Section and its Intellectual Property Litigation Group. As a qualified patent and trade-mark agent and barrister, Mr. Edmonds has been involved in intellectual property law and litigation since his call to the bar. Mr. Edmonds practises in the field of intellectual property dispute identification, management, advocacy and resolution. He has conducted litigation in the fields of: mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering; pharmaceuticals; electromagnetics; pulp and paper; computer hardware and software; the Internet; food and beverage; communications; and construction material. He practises before the Federal and Ontario Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Edmonds' interest in intellectual property litigation started as an articling student. He was part of the team representing the plaintiff in an action to enforce copyright in the famous Farrah Fawcett personality poster. The plaintiff obtained a precedent-setting financial award against the counterfeiter, including a record punitive damage award. He was part of the McCarthy Tétrault team acting for the plaintiffs in the ICRAVE-TV webcasting litigation before the Commercial Court in Toronto. He was also counsel for WIC Television Limited and Global Communications Limited in the ITV Technologies webcasting case, in which Internet-sourced evidence figured prominently. Mr. Edmonds is a trained mediator and has been appointed to the Panel of Neutrals of the International Trademark Association. He has guest lectured in intellectual property matters for professional conference companies, the Canadian Satellite Users Association, the University of Toronto, the University of Windsor, York University, the Ontario and Alberta branches of the Canadian Bar Association, and The Advocates' Society. Mr. Edmonds is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and a member of its Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") Committee. He is a member of the International Trademark Association, and of the Neutrals Standards and Measurement Subcommittee of its ADR Committee. He is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society, the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the AIPPI. Mr. Edmonds volunteers extensively for organizations involving youth and the outdoors. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Program, Ontario Division. He sits on its Operations Committee and chairs its Governance Committee. He is also the founding leader of a group of Toronto youth working on the Award. Mr. Edmonds is a member of the Standards Committee of the Ontario Camps Association. He also volunteers with Camp Oochigeas, a camp for children affected by cancer. Fellow: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. |