Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law
Western Wins Fox Intellectual Property Moot Cup and a Trip to the International Oxford IP Moot
February 21, 2012
Ben Reingold and Charlie Pettypiece have won the Fox Intellectual Property Cup for Western in a hard fought final round before Justice Rothstein of the Supreme Court, Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the United States, Justice Sexton of the Federal Court of Appeal, Justice Cronk of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Justice Hughes of the Federal Court. This is the second time in the first four years of the Fox IP Moot that Western has won the Cup: Shane Gonsalves and Adriana Morrison won the Cup for Western in 2009, the 1st year of the Fox.
In addition this year, Charlie Pettypiece has won the Dimock Stratton Award for Mooting excellence, awarded to the 2nd year student with the “highest all around advocacy and mooting skills throughout” this national moot competition, held at the Federal Court in Toronto February 17th and 18th. In consequence, he and his partner, Ben Reingold, will be representing Canada and Western at the international Oxford Intellectual Property Moot in England in March 2013.
Ben and Charlie were the Appellant team for Western this year. Shaunak Desai and Trevor Pellerine were impressive in their presentations of the case for the Respondents for Western. The team was superbly supported throughout by researcher Meghan Taylor. Proud co-coaches are Mr. Harj Mann, Western Law alumnus and partner in Anissimoff, Mann, and Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson.
The team is fully supported through the generosity of Ridout & Maybee, directly supporting our Western Law team, and those law firms sponsoring the Fox Moot. The team also receives a great deal of expert support from the Faculty of Law’s former Fox mooters and graduate students working in intellectual property-related areas as well as from intellectual property practitioners.
2011-12 Western Law Fox IP Moot team (l-r): Shaunak Desai and Trevor Pellerine (Respondents); Charlie Pettypiece (Appellant, Fox Cup co-winner & Dimock Stratton Award for Mooting Excellence), Harj Mann (co-coach), Ben Reingold (Appellant, Fox Cup co-winner), Meghan Taylor (Researcher), Absent: Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson (co-coach)
Fox IP Moot Team 2010-2011
Irfaan Premji (Respondent), Jeff Warnock (Respondent), Dan Hynes
(Appellant), Rade Sajic (Researcher), Dave Morrison (Appellant), Prof.
Wilkinson (Coach).
Fox IP Moot Team 2009-10, shown upon graduation in 2011
(l-r) Brian Murnaghan and Jackie Strandberg (appellants), Professor
Margaret Ann Wilkinson (coach), Meagan Williams and Jaime Holroyd
(respondents), Absent: David Struthers, researcher.
Western Law Team Won First National Fox I.P. Moot Competition in 2009
Right to Left: Prof. Wilkinson (Coach), Scott Armstrong (Reseacher), Lisa Macklem and Erika Douglas (Appellants), Adriana Morrison and Shane Gonsalves (Respondents).
Photo courtesy of Prof. Cameron Hutchinson, University of Alberta.
Shane Gonsalves and Adriana Morrison are congratulated
by Supreme Court Justice Marshall Rothstein after winning the national I.P. moot competition
Western Law students Adriana Morrison and Shane Gonsalves won the Harold G. Fox Cup for best mooting team at the inaugural Canadian Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot.
The winning team was supported and cheered on by their Appellant teammates, Erika Douglas and Lisa MacKlem, as well as Researcher Scott Armstrong and coach Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson. The team would like to thank its firm partners in the event: the National Accomodation Sponsor, Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., the Western Law IP Moot Team Travel Sponsor, Ridout Maybee LLP, and the Fox IP Moot Founding Sponsor Dimock Stratton LLP.
The Moot featured students from seven law schools across Canada and took place in Toronto at the Federal Court on February 21, 2009.
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Awards and Scholarships
Bereskin & Parr Award in Industrial and Intellectual Property
Awarded to a student(s) exhibiting exceptional academic ability in the area of Industrial and Intellectual Property Law. Established through the generosity of Bereskin and Parr.
Value: a maximum of 2 awards, up to a combined total of $500.
Siskinds Prize in Intellectual Property:
Awarded to the full-time undergraduate student in Law who achieves the highest mark in Intellectual Property Course 462. Value: $200
WeirFoulds LLP Writing Prize
For the best paper written in the Area of Intellectual Property, Information or Technology Law. Established through the generosity of
WeirFoulds.
Ailbe C. Flynn LLB '97 Memorial Scholarship:
Awarded annually to a full-time student within the Faculty of Law upon completion of their final year based upon achievement of the highest standing in the Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law. Selection of the recipient will be made by the Director of the Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law Area of Concentration. This scholarship was established in memory of Ailbe C. Flynn, LLB '97.
Value: $1,125
Students from this Area of Concentration have also frequently received the Faculty's J.S.D. Tory Writing Awards
Bereskin & Parr Award in Industrial and Intellectual Property Recipients
| 2011 |
Jaime Holroyd & Connie Leung
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| 2010 |
Robert Kalandra & Justin Vessair
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| 2009 |
Adam Kope & Melissa Loucks
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2008:
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Russell Latham
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2007:
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Stephanie Sutherland
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2006:
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Jason Hynes
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2005:
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Christine Capone & Carolyn Lynde
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2004:
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Patrick Harrington & Evguenia Prokopieva
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2003:
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Ryan Steiner
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2002:
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Sarah Chenoweth & Katherine DiTomaso
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2001:
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Allan MacDermid
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2000:
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Matthew Peters
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1999:
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Brennan Carroll
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1998:
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Jason Hunt
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1997:
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Vincent Iarocci
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1996:
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Kathryn Johns & Rebecca Krasnor
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1995:
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Andrew Currier & Adam Joseph
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1994:
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Catherine Eckenswiller
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1993:
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Robin Richardson & Michael Webber
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1992:
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Anne Callinan & Michael Martin
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1991:
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Christine Prudham
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1990:
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Kelly Moffatt
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1989:
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John Lewis
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1988:
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David A. Judson
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1987:
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Shari Savage
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1986:
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Amy Whiteman
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1985:
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Edna Chan & Bradley Wayne Stone
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1984:
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Robert Bruce Smith
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1983:
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Mark James Fuller
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This award was established in 1982.
Siskinds Prize In Intellectual Property Recipients
| 2011 |
Casey Richardson-Scott |
| 2010 |
Justin James Vessair |
| 2009 |
Lorraine Mary Chan
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2008:
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Jan Yaworsky
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2007:
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Katharine Banasikowska
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2006:
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Christine Schwarz
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This award was established in 2006.
WeirFoulds LLP Writing Prize
Recipients:
| 2011 |
Dan Hynes |
| 2010 |
Casey Vandeputte |
| 2009 |
Melissa Loucks |
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2008:
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Peter Buza
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2007:
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Stephanie Sutherland
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2006:
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Karen Townsend
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2005:
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Pamela Krauss
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2004:
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Ryan Atkinson
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2003:
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David Faye
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2002:
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Danial Lam
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2001:
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Janet Allinson
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2000:
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Marcus Bornfreund
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This award was established in 2000.
Ailbe C. Flynn LLB '97 Memorial Scholarship Recipients:
| 2011 |
Robert Kalanda |
| 2010 |
Anju Sharma |
| 2009 |
Michelle Fernandez |
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2008:
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Stephanie Sutherland
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2007:
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Richard Cheung
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This scholarship was established in 2007.
J.S.D. Tory Writing Prize Recieved by Students in the IPIT Concentration:
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Kanata Penn-Maracle |
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2009:
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Michelle Fernandez
Christopher Karpacz
Dara Lambie
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2003:
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Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston
Anna Milot
John Simpson
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