Commercial Insolvency, Media, Intellectual Property and Technology

David has a multifaceted practice which includes experience in dealing with issues in Commercial Insolvency, Media, Technology and Intellectual Property. 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 technology issues. He is also a Registered Trademark Agent.

David practices extensively with respect to Insolvency, with special interest in particular in insolvent technology companies or media companies. He has appeared several times on ROBTV, BNN and Canada AM to discuss insolvency matters dealing with the insolvencies of Teleglobe, Air Canada, Nortel, GM and Stelco, among others.

David is the head of the MIPT Group, and has developed a specialty in representing the interests of clients in the media and technology sector in connection with large insolvency files such as Nortel, Canwest, Allarco (Superchannel), TQS Inc., PSInet and Teleglobe. His clients have included major motion picture studios, television production companies, international telecommunication companies, financial institutions, internet solution providers and internet service providers, international and domestic trademark holders, film and music companies, and companies seeking restructuring.

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 has also acted to assert the rights of intellectual property holders against piracy, passing off and other forms of illegal infringement of their rights. 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 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.