BiographyChris Wilson is a partner whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. He has acted as lead counsel in trade-mark, patent, trade secrets and copyright litigation in the Federal and British Columbia trial and appellate courts.
Chris represents multi-national and Canadian clients in all areas of intellectual property enforcement and disputes, including copyright and trade-mark enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions, patent infringement and ownership disputes, parallel importation and grey marketing, misleading advertising, meta tag and domain name infringement, trade-mark opposition appeals and expungement actions, and licensing, franchise and distributorship disputes.
Prior to entering the field of law, Chris worked as a software programmer and subsequently as a software designer. His practice encompasses technology litigation and, as well as the intellectual property aspects of technology, includes engineering, software and website development disputes. Community Involvement
- Participant, Ride to Conquer Cancer. Chris is cycling with the Bull, Housser & Tupper team from Vancouver to Seattle to raise funds for the BC Cancer Foundation. (June 19 - 21, 2009)
- Winner, Corporate Division Champions, First Annual Rock Band Battle of the Bands. Chris and three Bull, Housser & Tupper colleagues participated in this charity event at the Roxy to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (November 8, 2008)
- Director, Tunstall Bay Communication Association (2003 - 2007) Chris served as the President (2006 - 2007) and Membership Director of this community association based on Bowen Island, B.C.
Memberships & Associations
- Member, National Intellectual Property Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Computer Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch
- Member, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member, Patent and Trade-mark Association of British Columbia
- Member, Licensing Executives Society
- Member, British Columbia Technology Industries Association
Presentations
- "The Digital Paradox: Economical and Effective Use of Technology in Litigation", paper presented, Economical Litigation, CLE, January 2009
- “Intellectual Property – A Primer”, paper presented, Intellectual Property for Solicitors, CLE, October 2008
- “Intellectual Property”, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Annual Lectures, 2002 - 2008
- "Intellectual Property for Engineers", Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Quarterly Lectures, 2003 - 2008
- "Intellectual Property for Engineers", Simon Fraser University, Annual Lectures, 2002 - 2008
- "Protecting Confidential Information in Federal Court Litigation", paper presented, Advocacy Before the Federal Court in Intellectual Property Matters, CLE, May 2007
- "Canadian Wine Standards as Intellectual Property", Hospitality Trade Exposition, November 2004
- "Canadian Wine Standards", Licensing Executives Society, June 2004
- "Acquiring and Protecting Intellectual Properity", Advising Business on Technology Issues, Continuing Legal Education Society, June 2004
- Speaker, "Copyright and the Law Library", Presentation to the Calgary Law Library Group, March 2003
BiographyChris Wilson is a partner whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. He has acted as lead counsel in trade-mark, patent, trade secrets and copyright litigation in the Federal and British Columbia trial and appellate courts.
Chris represents multi-national and Canadian clients in all areas of intellectual property enforcement and disputes, including copyright and trade-mark enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions, patent infringement and ownership disputes, parallel importation and grey marketing, misleading advertising, meta tag and domain name infringement, trade-mark opposition appeals and expungement actions, and licensing, franchise and distributorship disputes.
Prior to entering the field of law, Chris worked as a software programmer and subsequently as a software designer. His practice encompasses technology litigation and, as well as the intellectual property aspects of technology, includes engineering, software and website development disputes. Community Involvement
- Participant, Ride to Conquer Cancer. Chris is cycling with the Bull, Housser & Tupper team from Vancouver to Seattle to raise funds for the BC Cancer Foundation. (June 19 - 21, 2009)
- Winner, Corporate Division Champions, First Annual Rock Band Battle of the Bands. Chris and three Bull, Housser & Tupper colleagues participated in this charity event at the Roxy to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (November 8, 2008)
- Director, Tunstall Bay Communication Association (2003 - 2007) Chris served as the President (2006 - 2007) and Membership Director of this community association based on Bowen Island, B.C.
Memberships & Associations
- Member, National Intellectual Property Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Computer Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch
- Member, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member, Patent and Trade-mark Association of British Columbia
- Member, Licensing Executives Society
- Member, British Columbia Technology Industries Association
Presentations
- "The Digital Paradox: Economical and Effective Use of Technology in Litigation", paper presented, Economical Litigation, CLE, January 2009
- “Intellectual Property – A Primer”, paper presented, Intellectual Property for Solicitors, CLE, October 2008
- “Intellectual Property”, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Annual Lectures, 2002 - 2008
- "Intellectual Property for Engineers", Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Quarterly Lectures, 2003 - 2008
- "Intellectual Property for Engineers", Simon Fraser University, Annual Lectures, 2002 - 2008
- "Protecting Confidential Information in Federal Court Litigation", paper presented, Advocacy Before the Federal Court in Intellectual Property Matters, CLE, May 2007
- "Canadian Wine Standards as Intellectual Property", Hospitality Trade Exposition, November 2004
- "Canadian Wine Standards", Licensing Executives Society, June 2004
- "Acquiring and Protecting Intellectual Properity", Advising Business on Technology Issues, Continuing Legal Education Society, June 2004
- Speaker, "Copyright and the Law Library", Presentation to the Calgary Law Library Group, March 2003
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