David Ullmann
Partner
Direct Line: (416) 369-4148
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
dullmann@mindengross.com
Practice Area:
Commercial Insolvency, Trademarks, Copyright,
Privacy and E-Commerce
David has a multifaceted practice which
includes experience in dealing with issues in
Commercial Insolvency, Intellectual Property,
Internet and Privacy Issues. David has appeared
before the Ontario Superior Court and the
Registrar in Bankruptcy on Insolvency matters,
and has appeared before the Federal Court in
connection with Copyright, Trademarks and
E-Commerce issues. He is also a Registered
Trademark Agent.
David practices extensively with respect to
Insolvency, with special interest in particular
in insolvent technology companies. He has
appeared several times on ROBTV to discuss
insolvency matters dealing with the insolvency
of Teleglobe, Air Canada and Stelco.
David’s intellectual property practice includes
the negotiation of major national and
international license agreements for the use of
trademarks, copyright or other intellectual
property. David’s privacy practice has included
dealing with cross-Canada privacy issues for
various business entities and dealing with
complaints filed with the Federal and Ontario
privacy commissioners. He is also the solicitor
for the Estate of Glenn Gould.
CBC News at Six and CBC Newsworld had
featured David as a commentator with respect to
the Napster issue. He has spoken at several
national level conferences on issues related to
intellectual property, the Internet, copyright,
trademark and privacy issues. David is also past
faculty at the Harris Institute for the Arts,
where he taught courses on copyright, publishing
and music industry agreements.
David’s clients include financial
institutions, internet solution providers and
internet service providers, international and
domestic trademark holders, film and music
companies, and companies seeking restructuring.
David received his B.A.H. in history at
Queen’s University and his LL.B. from Osgoode
Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar of
Ontario in 1999 and was the recipient of the
national Gordon Henderson prize in copyright law
in 1998 for his paper entitled “Liability Issues
in Supplying Musical Content to the Internet
Community”. He has been employed in various
facets of the Canadian publishing industry and
is a past employee of the Canadian Musical
Reproduction Rights Agency, CANCOPY and SOCAN.
David was also involved with the development of
an online system to track the use of copyright
on the Internet, for the CULTECH Research Centre
at York University.
David is a director of Anaphylaxis Canada, a
national organization dedicated to inform,
support, educate, and advocate for the needs of
individuals and families living with anaphylaxis
and to conduct and support research related to
anaphylaxis.
Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School
Year of Call: 1999
Year Joined the Firm: 1997 |
Affiliations:
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Upper Canada