Doing Business with Canada: Business and IP Issues for American Companies
Wednesday | May 4, 2005 | 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association
Conference Center
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Sponsor:
Boston Bar Association and the New England-Canada Business Council
Proposed changes in Canadian law and proposed legislation in the U.S. concerning the reimportation of prescription drugs should cause lawyers and business people alike to examine what it takes to work and operate in Canada and how to structure cross-border deals.
The Seminar will discuss the following topics:
I. Licensing and IP Transactions with Canadian Companies
Matthew Vella, Esq.
Patent Licensing Counsel
Nortel Networks Limited
Gary W. Smith, Esq.
Partner
Posternak Blankenstein & Lund LLP
II. Business and legal issues facing companies doing business in Canada
Brian P. Lenihan, Esq.
Partner
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Craig Wright, Esq. (invited)
Partner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
National Chair
Technology Business Group, Ottawa
III. Patent and regulatory issues facing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies selling medicines in Canada
Gavin Bogle, Esq.
Patent Counsel
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Conor D. M. McCourt, Esq.
Partner
Torys LLP, Toronto
Program Prices
$115 - BBA Member
$145 - Non-Member
$80 - BBA Member - New Lawyer (admitted after 6/2003)
$60 - BBA Member - Legal Services/Government Lawyer
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