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PAGE 20 WillBuilder Tel: 416.322.6111 Toll-free: 1.866.367.7648 doprocess com ntitled-2 1 The FOX IP MOOT Future bright lights of the intel- lectual property bar now have a place to hone their skills as stu- dents thanks to the country's fi rst-ever IP moot, the Harold G. Fox Moot. Th e event was founded by Windsor Law Prof. Emir Mo- hammed and Prof. Mohamed Hashim, and sponsored by To- ronto IP boutique fi rm Dimock Stratton LLP. Mohammed and Dimock Stratton partner Angela Furlanetto acted as co-chairs for the inaugural event. Last month's moot brought to- gether eight teams of law students from the University of Western Ontario, University of Ottawa, Queen's University, McGill Uni- versity, University of Windsor, University of Alberta, and Os- goode Hall Law School. Judges attended from the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Court of Appeal, Federal Court, and the Ontario Superior Court. Several lawyers also acted as panellists. Western Law students Shane Gonsalves and Adriana Mor- rison took top honours at the moot. Adrian Howard of the University of Ottawa took best oralist honours, while Tavengwa Runyowa and Matthew Paik of the University of Ottawa receive the award for best factum. Th e moot is named after Fox, who was one of Canada's top in- tellectual property scholars and advocates. GOWLINGS HOSTS CHINESE DELEGATION Gowling Lafl eur Henderson LLP recently hosted 20 judges from China's Liaoning province as part of a week-long education- al experience on the adjudica- tion of civil disputes in Canada's litigation system. "Gowlings is delighted to host the judges' delegation and com- mends Prof. Sam Chiu of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Canada China Business Council for organizing a program of study in Canada for the Chi- nese judges," said Martin Cau- chon, national leader of Gowl- ings' China group, in a release. "We are honoured to have the opportunity to meet these Reinventing the Will www 2/2/09 10:53:45 AM Inside Story distinguished senior judges and to discuss the current state of and future trends in Canadian litigation." Th e evening event with Gowlings featured an address from former Ontario chief jus- tice Roy McMurtry, who now acts as a member of Gowlings' advocacy practice. Th e Rotman School hosted the week-long program, which included lectures on how Cana- dian courts deal with disputes re- lating to labour and employment law, family law, contract law, and medical malpractice. LSUC CELEBRATES WOMEN'S DAY Th e Law Society of Upper Cana- da has recruited a high-profi le cast of legal experts to ponder the con- tributions of women judges to legal decision-making, legal culture, and the administration of justice. "Th e topic was inspired by the dramatic increase in the number of women in all areas of the legal profession in recent years, includ- ing the judiciary," read an LSUC release. "Th ere has been much de- bate, commentary, and academic writing about the infl uence of gen- der on judicial decision-making." Th e March 2 public forum is co-hosted by the LSUC, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clin- ic, the Feminist Legal Analysis section of the Ontario Bar As- sociation, the Women's Law Association of Ontario, and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. It is part of the law society's public education series. Panel members include Os- goode Hall Law School Prof. Jamie Cameron, lawyer Mary Anne Eberts, Osgoode Hall Law School associate professor Sonia Lawrence, and Justice Micheline Rawlins of the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Geraldine Spar- row of the Ontario Court of Justice will act as chairwoman and mod- erator of the panel discussion. A reception will be held follow- ing the forum to honour female LSUC benchers who have been appointed to the judiciary. Superi- or Court Justice Helen MacLeod- Beliveau will deliver a keynote address at the reception. LT For more Inside Story, please visit www.lawtimesnews.com. "At this point in time I feel it appropriate that I reiterate my strong support for a substantial boost to the legal aid tariff." www.legalsuppliersguide.com for hundreds of suppliers across Canada & LSG 1-4 3x.indd 1 IMPR Refined search capabilities, complete contact details and directlinks to suppliers helps you find the service you need RIGHT NOW! Legal Suppliers Guide - The legal community's business-to-business site www.lawtimesnews.com 2/24/09 5:13:02 PM SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE REINDEER NEW YORK — Th e heart- warming defence from a 60-year- old retired schoolteacher wasn't enough to overcome a $115 parking ticket. Chip Cafi ero says he's failed in his bid to overturn the ticket he received in Brooklyn Nov. 28 while dressed up as Santa Claus and giving out toys to children on the street, reports Th e Associ- ated Press. Cafi ero claimed he had dou- ble-parked his sport utility ve- hicle while giving out gifts from a horse-drawn buggy to protect the kids from erratic drivers. Apparently the city's De- partment of Finance has lost its Christmas spirit. DRIVE-THROUGH POT BUST BALTIMORE, Md. — A cashier at a McDonald's drive-through probably should have stuck to the menu after being charged with drug violations. Th e Washington Post reports that undercover police detec- tives bought marijuana from one of the fast-food chain's drive- through windows in Edgewater. As part of an investigation, the detectives rolled up to the drive-through window at 2 p.m. one afternoon and ordered some grub. Th en they asked to have their snacks topped off with an order of marijuana. Th e cashier facing allega- tions of distribution of a con- trolled dangerous substance, possession with intent to dis- tribute marijuana, and posses- ™ march 2, 2009 • Law Times Bizarre Briefs By Viola James sion of the drug was apparently arrested without incident. TWO-TIME BREAKOUT ATHENS — Greek authorities are being showered with criti- cism after two prisoners escaped from the same jail for the second time, by the same means — a he- licopter. Th e brazen jailbreak involved bank robber and kidnapper Vas- silis Paleokostas and convicted killer Albanian national Alket Rizai, who pulled off the same operation in June 2006. Th eir trial for that escape was set to begin within days of the second incident. Four jail guards and a pilot are facing fast-track justice for charges related to the incident, but the lawyer for the guards said the government is looking for scapegoats to overcome the crushing public scrutiny it faces for the repeat escape. Meanwhile, a hunt for the two fugitives continues, with commandos hunting the moun- tainous central and northern parts of the country. Th e helicop- ter has been found abandoned in the Kapandriti region north of Athens. Th e pilot, meanwhile, said he was kidnapped by an armed couple and forced to take part in the plot. DEAN PAINTS RIVAL CAMPUS NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Kent State University is search- ing for a new dean at a branch campus after a bizarre incident in which its previous head was caught spray-painting a sign on a rival campus. Betsy Boze, head of the university's Stark campus, has stepped down from her position, saying she spray-painted a traffi c sign, reports CBS News. A po- lice report indicates that security offi cials saw a woman defacing the sign at Stark State College of Technology on Feb. 15, although no charges have been fi led. Th e former dean, who had assumed the post since 2005, told an area newspaper that she painted a sign to get rid of an arrow that pointed in the wrong direction toward a park- ing lot. She insisted the paint job was not graffi ti. THIEF RETURNS HEADSTONE RENO, Nev. — Th e thief of a 19th-century headstone who took the relic some 30 years ago has come clean and helped return the piece to its location. Historians involved in a search for the stone said they were tipped off by photos anon- ymously dropped off by the unidentifi ed crook-turned-do- gooder, reports the San Jose Mer- cury News. Th e pics show the grave marker's original placement and were dated in 1974, the year the thief is believed to have taken off with the headstone as a souvenir. Th e actual marker had been abandoned near a courthouse in Virginia City in 1989, and had been kept in storage. Bert Bedeau, administrator of the Comstock Historic Dis- trict Commission, welcomed the thief's change of heart. "I think somebody was clean- ing up their garage and said there's more stuff that needs to go back to the cemetery," he said. "I hope this encourages more peo- ple to bring things back." LT E N O V E W D

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