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Richard Owens:
Richard Owens, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto. |
Bio:
Richard Owens is a Partner in the Information Technology Group and works out of the Toronto office. Prior to joining Blakes, Richard was the Executive Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, commencing in February, 2001. Richard built his career in the Toronto office of another major Canadian law firm, practicing corporate and commercial law and specializing in technology-related law and the regulation of financial services. He was the chair of the Information Technology and the Intellectual Property practice groups.
Richard has acted on behalf of many technology companies as well as financial institutions in their uses of technology, including licensing, strategic alliances and joint ventures, privacy, financing, outsourcing, electronic commerce, public/private partnerships and Internet issues. He is a director of the International Technology Law Association and its Program Chair, and sits on the boards of other private corporations and not for profit corporations. He is the chair of the board of the University of Toronto Innovations Foundation and a member of the Advisory Committee to the Privacy Commissioner, Canada.
Richard has been repeatedly recognized as one of Canada's leading technology lawyers. He has written and published widely on the law of information technology, privacy, and the regulation of financial institutions. Richard teaches courses including the Law of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce, Innovation Law and Policy, Intellectual Property and the Law and Policy of Biotechnology, all at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Richard is a member of the Ontario Bar, the American Bar Association the International Bar Association and ATRIP, the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property.
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