Western Law Team Wins National I.P. Moot
February 23, 2009
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 have 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 Moot featured students from seven law schools across Canada and took place in Toronto at the Federal Court on February 21, 2009.
"There was strong involvement from the entire Intellectual Property community which helped to make the event such a fantastic experience," said Shane Gonsalves. "We received excellent guidance throughout the process from our coach Professor Wilkinson, as well as several local practitioners and other faculty members"
"It was an honour to have the opportunity to argue in front of the panel of judges in this competition," he added.
The pair appeared in front of Justice Michael Phelan (Federal Court) and Justice Lois Roberts (Ontario Superior Court) together with leading intellectual property law counsel for the preliminary rounds, and Justice Judith Snider (Federal Court) and Justices Robert Sharpe and Robert Blair (Ontario Court of Appeal) in the semi-final round. They then appeared before Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court and Justice Edward Sexton (Federal Court of Appeal) and Justice Roger Hughes (Federal Court) in the final panel of the competition.
The Harold G. Fox Moot is intended to promote the furtherance of education in the intellectual property field, and to provide participants with the opportunity to interact with jurists of the Supreme, Ontario, and Federal Courts and experienced practitioners of intellectual property law. It is named in honour of the late Harold G. Fox, one of Canada’s leading intellectual property scholars and advocates.
The Western Law team is most grateful to Ridout & Maybee LLP, the team sponsors, for their time and commitment. A special thanks to all the practice judges who worked with the team along the way: Ken Hanna, Paul Lomic and Mala Joshi of Ridout & Maybee, Serge Anissimoff of Anissimoff and Associates, David Canton of Harrison Pensa, students Peter Woods and Michele Fernandez, and Professors Stephen Pitel, Mark Perry, Margaret Martin and Jason Neyers.
