In today’s world of lightning-quick changes in communication and the technologies that drive it, Gardiner Roberts’ Technology Group thinks unlike anyone else. Ours is a ‘business critical’ focus – because we realize that all aspects of your business are dependent upon increased connectivity. Our approach to your business is governed by our sophisticated grasp of technology, which calls upon our in-depth industry experience and specialized expertise, ensuring that we remain on the leading edge of technological developments.
If you’re a business that develops, owns, uses or outsources technology or a large organization that depends on succeeding in a highly competitive, dynamic marketplace driven by technology and technology-intensive transactions, Gardiner Roberts’ Technology Group will keep you and your assets protected and secure. Our integrated, multi-disciplinary, one-team approach enables us to provide you with sound, seamless advice on a wide range of issues while it provides you with the necessary insights required to protect your business from unforeseen issues and unexpected changes in the marketplace.
Our Technology Group is the missing link between success and making a misstep by creating effective strategies and providing forward-thinking legal advice to safeguard your business assets against unanticipated losses while moving you closer to your business goals.
We regularly act for a broad range of clients - from small, entrepreneurial start-ups to large, international private and public companies and government entities. Our Technology Group’s high degree of technical expertise provides you with an insider’s view to the future of technology and is what distinguishes our Technology team from others. Our IT expertise is fully integrated and, with the firm’s proficiency in multiple practice areas, we are positioned to provide clients with seamless access to specialized legal expertise.
The Gardiner Roberts Technology Group offers you a unique blend of creativity and actionable advice which enables your business to grow to its logical next phase - while maintaining the competitive edge that you’ve worked so hard to build.
Additional Expertise
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Trademark and copyright registrations and opposition proceedings, and infringement
- Employment agreements with intellectual property assignment, non- disclosure, non-competition and incentive provisions
- Trade secrets and confidential information
- Technology development
- Acquisition and procurement
- Enterprise Software Projects and systems integration
- Licensing; application service provider services (ASP)
- Services and support arrangements
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances;
- Reseller, OEM, VAR and other distribution arrangements
- Commercial exploitation of intellectual property assets
- Privacy law
- IT infrastructure, application development and maintenance
- Managed services
- Business process outsourcing (BPO)
- Online contracting
- Jurisdictional issues
- Privacy matters
- Website issues
- Compliance with electronic commerce legislation, electronic signatures and online service delivery
- Preparation and prosecution of patent, trade-mark and industrial design applications; validity, infringement, freedom to operate (FTO) and patentability opinions
- IP litigation
- IP audit, due diligence and portfolio management
- Copyright and entertainment law
- Patents
- Trademarks and service marks
- Copyrights
- Confidential information and trade secrets
- Ownership rights
- Licensing and technology transfer agreements
- Privacy legislation
- Strategies for the protection of intellectual property assets
- Confidential and non-disclosure agreements
- Public and private mergers and acquisitions expertise
- Advising on M&A transactions in the technology sector, including domestic, cross-border and international transactions.
- IPO and securities expertise, at every stage of corporate growth, from seed investment in early stage ventures to late stage domestic and/or cross border investments in pre-IPO technology companies
- Government Procurement
- Insolvency and Restructuring;
- Export / Import Controls;
- Tax
- Transfer pricing
- R&D Expenditures
- Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution;
- Electronic Records Management
- Cleantech
- Opportunities and due diligence reviews
- Identification and protection of intellectual property assets
- Structuring partnering and other alliances
- Development and implementation of effective licensing and revenue-generation strategies
- Creating relationships for product distribution
- Launching new ventures including overseeing development of business plans
- Identifying sources of financing
- Facilitating internal and corporate communications
- Electronic contracts
- Consumer protection issues
- Advertising and marketing content
- Offences under the Competition Act
- Compliance with industry codes
- Cybersecurity
- PKI and associated information exchange
- Payment mechanisms
- Tax issues
- Privacy and security
- Domain registrations and domain disputes
- Agreements for the development and hosting of web sites
- Liability issues, including privacy, defamation, trademark and copyright infringement, unlawful content, usage of frames and links
- World Wide Web readiness programs
- Protocols for web-based contests and promotions
- Website security and identification protocols
- Website audits
- Identification of intellectual property assets
- Development and implementation of effective licensing and revenue-generation strategies
- Software licensing agreements
- Distribution, reseller and co-marketing agreements
- Application of export controls, including content of area control lists, technology control lists and the procurement of export permits
- Requests for proposals (“RFPs”)
- Structuring escrow arrangements
- Assisting in selection and negotiation of technology services and products
- Licensing and technology transfers
- Sales and acquisitions
Primary Contact
Arlene O'Neill
Partner, Co-Chair Corporate Law, Executive Committee
T 416.865.6640
F 416.865.6636
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Arlene O'Neill
Partner, Co-Chair Corporate Law, Executive Committee
T 416.865.6640
F 416.865.6636
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Paul Stoyan
King's Counsel (K.C.) CEO, Chair and Partner
T 416.865.6611
F 416.865.6636
