Glen  Bloom

Glen Bloom, Partner, Intellectual Property

Contact Information

  • tel: 613.787.1073
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Areas of Expertise

Bar Admission

Ontario, 1980

Education

  • Queen’s University, LL.B.
  • Carleton University, B.A.

Office

Ottawa

Language(s)

English

Biography

Glen practices intellectual property law and litigation, primarily copyright, trade-mark and patent matters and frequently appears before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Trade-marks Opposition Board and the Copyright Board. He was Editor in Chief of the Canadian Patent Reporter (1999-2008) and a past president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Glen was a founding board member of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority where he served as Vice-Chair. He was an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Common Law of the University Ottawa where he established the faculty’s courses on Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Technology and Copyright Law. Glen has also been invited as a speaker at numerous conferences both domestically and internationally.

Notable Matters

  • Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada (NRCC) in Statement of Royalties to be Collected by SOCAN and NRCC in Commercial Radio for 2003-2007, Copyright Board, February 22, 2009.
  • NRCC in Statement of Royalties to be Collected by SOCAN (2005-2009), NRCC (20087-2010) and CSI (2006-2009) in Multi-Channel Subscription Satellite Radio Services, Copyright Board, April 8, 2009.
  • The plaintiffs in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada (2004), 30 C.P.R. (4th) 1 (Supreme Court of Canada).
  • Recording industry interests in SOCAN v. Canadian Association of Internet Providers (2004), 32 C.P.R. (4th) 1 (Supreme Court of Canada).

Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Past President
  • Joint Canadian Bar Association/Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Technical Committee, Chair

Industry Recognition

  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010: Intellectual Property
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation
  • The 2009 Lexpert/American Lawyers Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010: Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law

Publications/Events/Education

  • Intellectual Property – The Year in Review, Update on Copyright, Law Society of Upper Canada, January 16, 2009.
  • Copyright (chapter), Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and Remedies, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited.
  • The Section and Registration of Trade-marks (chapter), Trade-marks Law of Canada, Carswell.

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