FACULTY
COURSE LEADERS
Colleen Spring Zimmerman, Fogler Rubinoff LLP
Colleen Spring Zimmerman is a Partner at Fogler Rubinoff LLP. Her practice is centred on intellectual property, including trade-marks, patents, copyright, licensing, distribution arrangements and other transactions and litigation in this field.
Rodger Madden, TELUS Communications Company
Rodger Madden is Associate General Counsel with the Legal Services Group at TELUS Communications Company. He leads a team of lawyers and paralegals that support customer facing business units by providing legal advice in the negotiation, closing and implementation of transactions.
CO-LECTURERS
Shehryar Butt, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
Shehryar Butt is a Senior Contracts Specialist at MDA Corp. He is responsible for negotiating and concluding IP licensing transactions and has negotiated IP licensing agreements with companies in the aerospace, medical robotics and mining industries.
Sean Caragata, Cisco Systems Inc.
Sean Caragata is Director, Legal Services at Cisco Systems. He develops strategy, and negotiates high value service, technology and M&A contracts.
Susan Foran, Venture Law Associates LLP
Susan Foran is one of the Co-Founding Partners of Venture Law Associates LLP, a leading corporate and information technology law boutique that provides guidance to established enterprises, emerging companies and entrepreneurs.
Martin P.J. Kratz, Q.C., Bennett Jones LLP
Martin P.J. Kratz, Q.C. is a Partner at Bennett Jones LLP. His practice focuses on intellectual property and technology law. He leads the intellectual property, anti-spam practice and co-leads the e-commerce practice at Bennett Jones.
Donald F. Luck, Dentons Canada LLP
Donald F. Luck is a partner at Dentons Canada LLP and is the department manager for the Corporate Group, Toronto Office. Don has extensive experience in outsourcing and technology transactions, including business process, technology infrastructure, customer care and call center outsourcing transactions, as well as, systems integration, technology development, licensing, acquisition, channel arrangements and hosting agreements.
Giuliana Marinelli, Royal Bank of Canada
Giuliana Marinelli is Senior Counsel at the Royal Bank of Canada. She advises members of Privacy and Compliance Groups within the Enterprise with respect to privacy breaches, complaints and access requests.
Bruno Soucy, Blaney McMurtry LLP
Bruno P. Soucy, is a Partner at Blaney McMurtry LLP. His area of practice focuses on IP and technology law, as well as commercial law, with an emphasis on e-commerce, IT and outsourcing.
Bruce Stratton, Dimock Stratton LLP
Bruce Stratton is a Founding Partner of Dimock Stratton LLP. He is experienced in patent, trademark and copyright litigation with a particular emphasis on patent disputes concerning computer-related technology.
Carmen Valle, Entertainment One
Carmen Valle is Director PMO at Entertainment One. She has 15+ years of experience leveraging technology and certified project management skills in the service of the company’s vision and critical business goals.
