Executive Summary
Kevin is a litigation partner at Gardiner Roberts LLP with more than 25 years of experience acting for a broad range of clients across several industries before all levels of court. Kevin has significant experience in complex commercial matters particularly in relation to oppressive remedy proceeding, appointment of Receivers and Managers, fraud investigations, securities fraud, debtor creditor and insolvency matters, contract and shareholder disputes, as well as extensive experience in commercial real estate and real estate development disputes. Kevin has also successfully represented clients in numerous private arbitrations.
Kevin’s extensive litigation experience also includes acting for employees in wrongful dismissal and employment matters, including federally regulated industries under the Canada Labour Code.
Kevin also has a substantial intellectual property practice, including proceeding before the Federal Court of Canada related to the protection of copyrights and trademarks, data protection, and in relation to television broadcasts for live and pay-per-view sporting events, computer software, internet based programming and other media.
Kevin has over 25 years of experience helping clients protect their IP rights.
Expertise
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Employment Law, Commercial Arbitration
- Real Property and Property Development Disputes
Articles and Presentations
- Government needs to take action on broadcast piracy, Advocate Daily – October 24, 2019
- Resist temptation to use boilerplate contracts, Advocate Daily – August 29, 2019
- Time to tax digital streaming services, Advocate Daily – June 10, 2019
- Protecting IP rights from data-scraping sites, Advocate Daily – April 1, 2019
- Protecting pay-per-view: after the event, Advocate Daily – November 22, 2018
- Protecting pay-per-view: before the event, Advocate Daily – October 29, 2018
- Internet tax fair way to regulate embattled broadcast industry, Advocate Daily – August 10, 2018
- Fisher welcomes net neutrality vote, Advocate Daily – June 26, 2018
- Decisions provide ammunition to broadcasters fighting online piracy, Advocate Daily – May 4, 2018
- Family businesses ripe for oppressive conduct claims, Advocate Daily – February 27, 2018
- Don’t confuse fighting online piracy, eroding net neutrality, Advocate Daily – January 24, 2018
- Traditional broadcasters squeezed between online pirates, new media, Advocate Daily – December 5, 2017
- Gen-Xers bearing the brunt of downsizing, Advocate Daily – November 14, 2017
- Cooperation at the assessment office pays off in court, Advocate Daily – November 1, 2017
- Worldwide block on Google results great news for rights holders, Advocate Daily – July 17, 2017
- Hryniak still raising questions three years on, Advocate Daily – May 8, 2017
- Only lumps of coal for ex-Fashion Santa in trademark dispute, Advocate Daily – Dec 28, 2016
- Rolling the dice on parental leave a dangerous game, Lawyers Weekly – July 8, 2016
- Know your rights before accepting severance package – June 2, 2016
- ‘Free TV’ boxes growing concern for broadcasters – Mar 29, 2016
- Pressure on firms to be lean, efficient – Mar 29, 2016
- Finding efficiencies to put firm ahead – Feb 29, 2016
- Decision useful for IP lawyers considering contempt proceedings – Feb 29, 2016
- Stronger action needs to be taken against VPNs, proxy services – Feb 5, 2016
- Employer cannot contract out of CLC vacation pay obligations – Feb 5, 2016
- Boombox showcases TIFF’s year-round charitable focus – Oct 22, 2015
- Canadian broadcasters catching on to size of VPN problem – June 10, 2015
- Networks win TV-streaming battle, but debate continues – June 30, 2014
- Fisher to captain team in pro-am fundraiser – March 31, 2014
- Rights holders closely watching online TV streaming fight – March 21, 2014
- Fisher to discuss piracy, digital distribution – March 10, 2014
- Number of pregnancy leave demotion cases increasing – February 21, 2014
- Open-ended questions effective in fraud investigations – January 31, 2014
- Victory for U.S. TV-streaming site – April 12, 2013
- Copyright Alert System given new life – March 7, 2013
- Online piracy of sports broadcasts continues – February 13, 2013
- More judicial oversight needed to curb excess fees – February 5, 2013
- Meet Kevin Fisher – September 5, 2012
- The Dangers of Dabbling in the Federal Court – October 10, 2011
My Blog
Recognition
- Consecutively named one of Toronto's Top Lawyers by Post City Magazine in the area of Commercial Litigation
Professional Involvement
- Law Society of Ontario
- Law Society of New Brunswick
- Ontario Bar Association
- Current Commodore of the Island Yacht Club, and member of the Board of Directors
- Former Chair of YLD section , former Executive of Civil Litigation Section, former member of Counsel
- Toronto Legal Association
Beyond the Office
- Active in the Baycrest Pro-Am
- Current Patron Circle sponsor and Member of the TIFF Boombox executive committee
- Former member of TIFF Film Crew Committee
- Avid hockey player