Date: May 6, 2008
Time: Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m., Presentation 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Location: Peter Benninger Coldwell Banker Building, Lower Concourse/Theatre, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, ON
Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs; Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Technology Office (CTO), General Counsel and Patent Portfolio Managers of Technology-based companies

For more details, please see the brochure.

To register for this complimentary event, please select one of the following options:

On-line: http://www.blgcanada.com/RSVP/event424
Email: kwevents@blgcanada.com or
Telephone: (519) 579-5600

Please leave your name, title and company/organization name.

For details about the move, please click here.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Waterloo Region office is pleased to be an Event Sponsor of the Energy & Environment Forum - Clarity in the Chaos, organized by the Greater KW Chamber of Commerce. This event will be held on April 16, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM in Kitchener, and will teach you how to be proactive in your industry despite the changes in environmental legislation and the growing concern over energy consumption.

Rick Coburn will be one of the guest speakers in the panel discussion regarding Ontario's Clean Water Act. Rick is a partner practising in our Toronto office. He practices environmental law, with an emphasis on environmental aspects of corporate acquisitions, financing, and restructuring.

For more information and/or to register for the event, please click this link for more information

Date: April 15, 2008
Time: Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m., Presentation 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Location: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Waterloo City Centre, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, 100 Regina St. South, Waterloo, ON
Who Should Attend: Those who work in the human resources profession as well individuals working in operations who are responsible for dealing with hiring and termination matters as well as giving references.

For more details, please see the brochure.

To register for this complimentary event, please select one of the following options:

On-line: http://www.blgcanada.com/RSVP/event425
Email: kwevents@blgcanada.com or
Telephone: (519) 579-5600

Please leave your name, title and company/organization name.

BLG is pleased to announce that Mr. Mark Schisler, a Registered Canadian Patent Agent, has joined the Firm’s Waterloo Region office. Mark is an experienced Patent Agent and has been preparing and prosecuting patent applications worldwide since 1998.

Mark’s practice concentrates on drafting patent applications and license agreements in the fields of computer technology and computer software. He has worked with a wide variety of clients from start-up companies to established companies, helping them to manage and protect their IP portfolios. In addition, Mark provides non-infringement opinions and due diligence reports, and advises venture capital investors on IP-related issues. Click here to see Mark’s full bio.

Mark is a member of Communitech, a member-led organization driving the growth and success of Waterloo Region’s technology sector. He is also a Founder and Chair of the Kitchener-Waterloo Intellectual Property Group, a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), and Chairman of both the Information Technology Committee and Sole and Small Practioner Committee of IPIC.

Should you have any intellectual property law needs, please feel free to contact Mark at 519-579-5600 ext. 234 or at mschisler@blgcanada.com. He’d be happy to speak with you.

RICK MORELLI, REX Magazine

It's often said that Ontario, especially the small and medium size business sector, is the economic engine that drives the country.

In Waterloo Region and Guelph, the positive economic impact of these independent businesses is evident. Innovative organizations create jobs and attract other inventive companies and even more wealth to the area. more ...

Date: March 20, 2008
Time: Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m., Presentation 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Location: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Lower Concourse, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener
Who Should Attend: Those who work with or for Federally Regulated Financial Institutions, including Banks, Insurance Companies, Trust & Loan Companies and Co-Operative Credit Unions

For more details, please see the brochure

To register for this complimentary seminar, please select one of the following options:e-mail kwevents@blgcanada.com or telephone (519) 741-9100 or complete the online rsvp form.

Date: February 24-27, 2008 - Taipei & Tokyo
Topic: Intellectual Property Rights for R&D Performed in Canada
Event: Canadian R&D Investment Seminar

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Waterloo Region office is pleased to be an Event Sponsor for the "Places to Play Championship Gala & Auction" featuring Lennox Lewis and Scott Stevens. The Gala & Auction is a major fundraiser for Kitchener's newest recreational facility - the Hanson Avenue Athletic Complex, which will be the home of the Kitchener Minor Hockey Association (KMHA) and the Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy (WRBA) who serve more than 4,000 children and youth annually.

Click on this link for more information.

Date: January 21, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona
Topics: "Legislative Developments in the U.S.: IDS Rules" and "Monetization of IP: From Patent Trolls to Patent Brokers and Auctions"
Event: AIPLA Mid-Winter Pre-Meeting (Japan Committee)

Date: January 18th, 2008 - Toronto
Topic: Everything You Wanted to Know About Patent Law But Were Afraid to Ask
Event: Enterprize 2008 (Schulich School of Business, York University)

BLG is pleased to announce that Mr. Neil Henderson, a highly experienced intellectual property lawyer, has joined the Firm’s Waterloo Region office. Neil brings a great depth of experience in Canadian, U.S. and international intellectual property law to the Firm and is also a qualified Canadian and U.S. patent agent and Canadian trade-mark agent.

Neil’s practice concentrates on IP licensing, the generation, prosecution and management of IP portfolios and on IP transactions in the fields of computer technology, software, telecommunications, electronics, medical systems and equipment and financial models, business methods and mechanical devices and systems.

In addition to his North American expertise, Neil spent four years in Japan where he worked as a technical consultant at a patent firm and as a patent and legal advisor to a private company. Currently, he is a member of the IP Practice in Japan Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Click here to see Neil’s full bio.

Neil is a member of Communitech, a member-led organization driving the growth and success of Waterloo Region’s technology sector. He is also a founder of the Kitchener-Waterloo Intellectual Property Group, a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, a Past Chair of the Toronto Intellectual Property Group, a Chair of the Toronto Japanese Language School, and a member of the Licensing Executives Society.

Should you have any intellectual property law needs, please feel free to contact Neil at 519-741-9100 ext. 232 and at nhenderson@blgcanada.com. He’d be happy to speak with you.

RICK MORELLI, REX Magazine

Your business, like many other small and medium-sized enterprises in Waterloo Region and Guelph, probably collects personal information from customers for a variety of reasons.

These run the gamut from collecting information for a contest, sending out catalogues, inviting clients to a special event or asking customers for their postal code so you can assess how effective your "door drop" flyer campaign is in attracting customers to your outlet or office. more ...

BLG is pleased to announce that the law firm of Shortt Hanbidge
Richardson & Welch has officially joined the Waterloo Region
office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. David Shortt, Ken Hanbidge, Larry Richardson and Lorene Welch became part of BLG on January 1, 2008, and will both complement and expand the Firm’s client service offerings in the areas of business law, real estate, and corporate finance.

The four lawyers specialize in corporate commercial business law, including commercial and residential real estate, and wills and estates. All are well-known in the Waterloo Region, having been very involved in local community and charitable organizations for many years.

“The Region of Waterloo is unique. For over 30 years Shortt Hanbidge was a trusted legal advisor and we continue to be just as committed to maintaining the same close working relationship with all our clients as part of BLG,” states Dave Shortt.

David, Ken, Larry, Lorene and their support staff will continue to work from their current office (now BLG) at 7 Union Street East in Waterloo until early April 2008, when both offices will relocate to Waterloo City Centre at 100 Regina St.S.

Should you have any legal needs in the areas of business law, commercial and residential real estate, and wills and estates, please feel free to contact any of our new lawyers at:

David Shortt	519-579-5600 ext. 13	dshortt@blgcanada.com.
Kenneth Hanbidge	519-579-5600 ext. 14	khanbidge@blgcanada.com
Larry Richardson	519-579-5600 ext. 15	lrichardson@blgcanada.com.
Lorene Welch	519-579-5600 ext. 16	lwelch@blgcanada.com.

Richard Morelli, Jeffrey Wong, Christopher Toal, Neal Henderson and support staff will continue to work at the BLG office at 508 Riverbend Drive in Kitchener until late March. They can be reached at the following:

Richard Morelli	519-741-9100 ext.241	rmorelli@blgcanada.com.
Christopher Toal	519-741-9100 ext.229	ctoal@blgcanada.com
Jeffrey Wong	519-741-9100 ext. 224	jwong@blgcanada.com.
Neil Henderson	519-741-9100 ext. 232	nhenderson@blgcanada.com.