Minden Gross LLP
Section Head

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

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PIPEDA - Federal Privacy Legislation

 

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