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23 February 20232 minute read

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP to host the 2023 Harold G. Fox Moot

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is proud to once more participate as a platinum sponsor and event co-ordinator ‎of The Harold G. Fox Moot on intellectual property law;‎ for the first time, the moot will be hosted both on a virtual platform and in person.

‎For the seventh consecutive year, DLA Piper Canada will play a key role in sponsoring and organizing this ‎event, which promotes the study of Canadian intellectual property law and allows law students to interact ‎with jurists from Canada’s highest courts. The 2023 moot is chaired by DLA Piper Canada IP Partner Bentley Gaikis.

From 24-25 February, 10 Schools from across Canada will participate in the 2023 Harold G. Fox Moot. This year’s moot will feature judicial panellists from the Supreme Court of Canada, the ‎Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and the Superior Court of ‎Justice for Ontario. The Right Honourable Lord Kitchin, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, will deliver the introductory Fox lecture: The developing law of patent interpretation and scope of protection.

The event is named in honour of leading intellectual property scholar and advocate, Harold G. Fox. ‎

Visit the Fox Moot website for further details.