Background
Zimmerman, Gordon J. was born on August 28, 1953 in Kitchener, Ontario.
Zimmerman, Gordon J. was born on August 28, 1953 in Kitchener, Ontario.
University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Science, honours Company-op Chemistry, 1977). Universitŕ Di Trento, Trento, Italy. Université De Sherbrooke (Diploma in Civil Law/Common Law, 1979).
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Laws, 1980).
Worked at Borden & Elliot (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in General Practice. Banking and Finance; Corporate and Commercial including Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Arrangements and Reorganizations, Business Organizations and Competition and Marketing Law. International Business Law (including Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement matters).
Mining and Natural Resources.
Environmental Law; Expropriate Law. Municipal Law; Labour and Employment Law including Pensions and Employee Benefits.
Personal Services including Family Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts. Real Estate Financing, Development and Leasing.
Taxation (including Customs, Anti-dumping, Income and Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes).
Trial and Appellate Litigation before courts and administrative tribunals including Commercial, Criminal, Real Estate, Hospital and Medical Malpractice and Insurance Litigation (including Aviation, Casualty, Fire, Fidelity and Surety, General Liability, Motor Vehicle, Municipal, Professional Negligence, Errors and Omissions, Property and Personal Injury). Computer Technology, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Telecommunications. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Ontario.
Author: "Synergy and the Science Court: Scientific Method and the Adversarial System in Technology Assessment," 38 U. T. Faculty
L. Review (1980); "Exemplary Damages and Copyright in Canada," 57 Canadian Pacific Railway (2d) 65 (1980). "An Expert Patent Court for Canada?" 3 Canada
Intellectual Property Review 444 (1987); "Representations, Warranties and Conditions in Transactions Involving Intellectual Property," Proceedings of the CBAO Annual Institute, January 1991.
"Canadian Intellectual Property Issues for the United States.
Practising Lawyer," Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association conference. "International Aspects of Intellectual Property Law, February 1991. "Trading on the Infobahn: Licensing Patents and Trade Secrets in the Digital Age," Proceedings of the Canadian Institute Conference entitled "Intellectual Property Licensing," Toronto, May 30-31, 1994.
"An Overview of Canadian Law relating to Security Interests and Intellectual Property," College of Business Administration Continuing legal education Conference entitled "Changes Affecting Intellectual Property in Canada: A North American Perspective," Ottawa, March 10, 1994.
"The Intellectual Property Tribunal: A Procrustean Fit?" Canadian Institute Conference entitled "New Developments in Intellectual Property," Toronto, June 21, 1993. "Patents and Trade Secrets," University of New Brunswick Intellectual Property Conference, Fredericton, February 1993.
"The Proposed Intellectual Property Tribunal," College of Business Administration Intellectual Property Update, Toronto, November 1992. "Trade Secrets" (repeat of February 1992 Canadian Institute Seminar), Toronto, October 1992.
"Trade Secrets and Confidential Information," College of Business Administration Intellectual Property Law Update, Ottawa, March 1992.
"Trade Secrets: Leak Prevention and Damage Control," The Canadian Institute Seminar entitled "Patents - The Complete Course," Toronto, February 1992. "Going Global with Innovative Products: Securing the Intellectual Property Advantage-The Patent Perspective," CBAO International Law Section Meeting, Toronto, November 1991. "To Oppose or To Settle: Strategies for Success," Proceedings of the Canadian Institute Conference entitled "The Comprehensive Course on Trade-Marks," Toronto, Ontario, October 25-26, 1994.
"Is Your Photocopier a Smoking Gun?" Corporate Liability, Volume II, Number.
1, p. 82 (1994); "Proposed Amendments To The Trade-marks Regulations," Update - Résumé, Volume 3, Number. 4, p. 3 (1995); "Trade Secrets and Confidential Information: International Aspects," Proceedings of the Canadian Institute Conference entitled "International Intellectual Property Protection," Toronto, Ontario, November 23 and 24, 1995 (Chair).
"Disputes and Remedies in Intellectual Property Licensing," Canadian Institute Conference entitled "Licensing Intellectual Property," Toronto, Ontario, January 25 and 26, 1996. Recent changes to Canadian Intellectual Property Legislation - North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization Agreement, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Manila, Philippines, May 1 to 4, 1996.
"Patent, Trade Secret and Technology Licensing" Third Annual Canadian Institute.
"Licensing Intellectual Property" Conference in Toronto, April 17-18, 1997. "Understanding The Essentials of Contract Law Foreign Intellectual Property Agreements," Infonex Conference on "Intellectual Property Issues for Business Agreements: A Practical Course," Toronto, April 28-29, 1997. Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Committee on Security Interests in Intellectual Property.
Past Chair, Trade Marks Committee).
County of York Law Association. Law Society of Upper Canada.
International Trademark Association. International and American Bar Associations (Vice Chair, Canada Intellectual Property Section).
Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
Licensing Executive Society. Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Intellectual Property Law).
History & Growth: The firm was founded in 1936 by Henry Borden, Queen's Counsel and Beverley V. Elliot, Queen's Counsel, two distinguished members of the Ontario bar, whose service in the firm is recognized in its name.
Today Borden & Elliot is one of the largest law firms in Canada. There are over 200 lawyers practising in our offices in the Scotia Plaza in downtown Toronto and our York Region Office in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Member: Canadian Bar Association (Past Chair, Committee on Security Interests in Intellectual Property. Past Chair, Trade Marks Committee). County of York Law Association.
Law Society of Upper Canada.
International Trademark Association. International and American Bar Associations (Vice Chair, Canada Intellectual Property Section).
Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Licensing Executive Society.
Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada.
(Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Intellectual Property Law). Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada. (Certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Intellectual Property Law).