Stephen's practice is concentrated on corporate and commercial, with an emphasis on intellectual property; entertainment, advertising, media and communications; competition, and trade and technology law, with particular emphasis on their application to intangible properties. Stephen represents a myriad of domestic and foreign clients in the knowledge based and e-commerce industries, including advertising, marketing, motion picture, television, publishing, recording, theatre, multimedia, electronics, computer software development to systems design and integration, telecommunications, remote sensing and emerging technologies. Stephen has been a guest lecturer at York University's Faculty of Fine Arts, Osgoode Hall Law School, Queen's University Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Algonquin College (Ottawa), Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) and The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology. From 1980-1985 he was a lecturer and course co-ordinator of "Legal Aspects of Entertainment and the Arts", an MBA session course offered in York University's Faculty of Administrative Studies to both MBA and LLB candidates. In addition, he is a past co-ordinator of the Toronto Theatre Festival's Trade Forum, has served as a panellist on Canadian Bar Association programs, and has been a guest speaker on media taxation reform before the Foundation for Independent Film and Video and the then Joint Standing Committee on Taxation for the Congress of the United States of America. Stephen has appeared before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on regulatory and policy matters, and most recently has participated in industry forums with the Competition Bureau on the proposed Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines in development under the Competition Act (Canada). He is former Chairperson of the Small Business Administration Advisory Committee to the faculty and Board of Governors of The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology and has served as a member on the Multi Media Advisory Panel for New Media Institute at the Banff Centre. Stephen acted as a consulting editor of Paul Sanderson's book "Musicians and the Law in Canada". He has presented and published papers on grey market issues before the Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, on computer crime and fraud before the Institute of Internal Auditors, on copyright Reform for The Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers of Canada, on enforcement of copyrights and trade-marks for IntelPro (Thomson & Thomson) educational symposiums, and on new media financing at the Banff International Television Festival and New Media Institute. Stephen is also a regular contributor on legal issues to a number of magazines and to Bellzinc's on-line e-commerce. He is also the contributing editor for the Theatre and Motion Picture section and the Author and Publisher section of Canada Law Book's "O'Brien's Encyclopaedia of Forms". Stephen was listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for 2000 as a leading practitioner in Entertainment Law. He also holds an AV Distinguished™ lawyer's rating from Martindale-Hubbell, awarded to legal professionals in recognition of a very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards, as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Achievements · Martindale-Hubbell, AV Distinguished™ rating · Certified Licensing Professional Associations · ABA Forum on Communications Law, ABA Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section, and the ABA Science and Technology Section · American Bar Association (Associate Member) · American Intellectual Property Law Association · Association litt?raire et artistique internationale · Canadian Bar Association · International Bar Association · Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (Associate) · International Trademark Association · Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) · Ontario Bar Association Representative Work Cassels Brock Acts For EcoSynthetix Inc. As It Closes Its $100 Million Initial Public Offering Rockwood Holdings Inc. Closes Sale of AlphaGary Plastic Compounding Business Publications and Resources An Overview of Canadian Tax Credits for Non-Indigenous Film and Television Production - March 2011 In The News New Rules for "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" Claims Presentations Stephen Selznick to Speak as Part of the 2012 AstraZeneca Guest Lecture Series Addressing e-Discovery and Litigation Issues Evolving IP Protection Strategies 03/07/2012, Stephen Selznick to Speak as Part of the 2012 AstraZeneca Guest Lecture Series 03/30/2011, Addressing e-Discovery and Litigation Issues 03/09/2011, Evolving IP Protection Strategies 11/10/2010, Multi-Jurisdictional Remedial Enforcement in Live Performance Arrangements 10/06/2010, Developments in Royalty Terms and Calculations in Live Presentation Licensing Arrangements 05/19/2009, Anticipating Mediation and ADR as an Alternative to Litigation in Commercial IP Disputes 04/02/2009, Social Media: Rights and Business Issues in the Digital Age 11/05/2008, Financing Media in Challenging Economic Times 01/15/2008, A Global Perspective on the Protection of Intellectual Property in the Biotechnology Sector 11/22/2007, Intellectual Property as a Component of Agri-Technology and Bio-Business 10/02/2007, Production and Distribution Agreements 10/02/2007, Effective Negotiating Strategies 10/02/2007, Letters of Intent, MOU's and Confidentiality Agreements 09/28/2007, Recent Legal Developments in the Live Theatre Industry 09/25/2007, License Agreements 08/12/2007, New Models for Revenue Generation and Profit Sharing in Consequence of the Digitization of Media 06/13/2007, International Film Financing 05/07/2007, Defending Against Guerilla Cyber-Assaults: Protecting Your Brand on the Internet 03/23/2007, Show Me the Money: Strategies and Sources for Financing New Media 11/17/2006, Financing and Rights Management in the Theatre and Live Performance Industries 08/13/2006, I Knows It When I Seize It - Self-help Remedies TPMs, DRM and Anti-Circumvention, Collective Administration and Enforcement of Rights, and ADR in the Emerging Technology Sector 05/01/2006, Production Services Tax Credits and Co-Production Structures 04/28/2006, Intellectual Property Protection for Animation, CGI and Gaming Software in North America 04/25/2006, The Rule of Law, The Power of Contract and The Protection of Intellectual Property in Outbound Chinese Production 11/25/2005, Modern Financing and Producing Structures in the Theatre and Live Performance Industries 08/16/2005, Survival, Revival, Reunion: From Platform Media to Mobility 01/18/2005, A Primer on International Financing of Independent Films 11/26/2004, Legal Issues in Financing and Producing Theatre and Live Performance 07/18/2004, Evolving Business Models in the Digital Environment 07/15/2003, Legal Strategies for New Media 05/21/2003, Online Advertising and the Competition Act 05/08/2003, Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property and Tech Assets 03/18/2002, Current Intellectual Property Issues for Canadian Cultural Entrepreneurs in Foreign Markets Articles An Overview of Canadian Tax Credits for Non-Indigenous Film and Television Production - March 2011, 03/15/2011 Newsletter Articles We Were Just One Click Away for Supreme Court of Canada Review, 02/02/2012 Lawyers and Accountants Qualify for .xxx Sponsored Top-Level Domain Registration. An Exercise in Brand Protection, 09/21/2011 An Overview of Canadian Tax Credits for Foreign Based Canadian Location and Service Productions in the Film and TV Industry, 03/31/2011 Industrial Design Protection in Complement to a Trade-Mark Branding Program, 02/01/2011 Revisiting Recent Developments on the Scope of Patentable Subject Matter, 11/30/2010 The Proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and Related Exemption Regulations, 09/20/2010 Recent Developments on the Scope of Patentable Subject Matter, 07/15/2010 New Rules for "Made in Canada" and "Product of Canada" Claims, 03/09/2010 Newsletters The Cassels Brock Report - February 2012, 02/02/2012 The Cassels Brock Report - September 2011, 09/21/2011 The Cassels Brock Report - March 2011, 03/31/2011 The Cassels Brock Report - February 2011, 02/02/2011 The Cassels Brock Report - November 2010, 11/30/2010 The Cassels Brock Report - September 2010, 09/28/2010 The Cassels Brock Report - July 2010, 07/28/2010 The Cassels Brock Report - March 2010, 03/24/2010 Transactions Cassels Brock Acts For EcoSynthetix Inc. As It Closes Its $100 Million Initial Public Offering, 08/16/2011 Rockwood Holdings Inc. Closes Sale of AlphaGary Plastic Compounding Business, 01/12/2011 |