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Bruce W. Stratton, Partner

Bruce has practised exclusively in the field of intellectual property law since his call to the Ontario Bar in 1987. He is experienced in patent, trademark and copyright litigation with a particular emphasis on patent disputes concerning computer-related technology. Bruce is also a registered patent and trademark agent.

Recently, Bruce has represented both domestic and foreign clients in patent disputes in such areas as wireless communication protocols, e-mail systems and software systems. He has been counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada in cases that have resolved fundamental issues of patent and trademark law. While he has a broad experience in litigating and advising on IP matters of all kinds, Bruce’s technical background in computing science gives him a valuable perspective in cases involving computer and information technology.

Bruce has written and spoken on diverse topics such as the legal protection of computer technology and litigation in the Federal Court in Canada. He is author of the Annotated Patent Act (Thomson Carswell), and contributing author in Computer-Related Disputes in Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and Remedies (Thomson Carswell), and Computer Contracts in Canadian Forms & Precedents: Commercial Transactions (LexisNexis Canada). Bruce is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, iTechLaw, the ACM, the Advocates’ Society, and a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. He is listed as "Repeatedly Recommended" as both an intellectual property litigator and as an IP practitioner by Lexpert, listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada, is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers & Partners Global Guide, and in Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer?. He is BV®Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Prior to obtaining his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1985, Bruce obtained a B.Sc. in Computing and Information Science (First Class) from Queen’s University in 1981.

Selected publications and presentations:

Annotated Patent Act, Thomson Carswell (author)

"Achieving "Zen" During Discovery", CBA Advocacy in Intellectual Property Matters - Motions that Matter, Ottawa, May 2010

"Developments in International Patent Law", Federated Press - 3rd Patents as a Competitive Strategy, Toronto, May 2010

"Patent Law Update:  The Year in Review", Moderator IPIC Webinar, April 2010

"Damage quantification in patent litigation:  putting the "reasonable" in reasonable royalty rate determinations", Nera Economic Consulting, Toronto, Dec 2009

"Patenting sofware:  still crazy after all these years", The Lawyers Weekly, Nov 2009

Moderator of "Copyright:  Fair Dealing and File Sharing in a Post-Robertson World", IPIC Webinar, Oct 2009

"Issues impacting open source software", Federated Press Internet Law Conference, December 2008

"The value of patent rights: are patent rights currently being eroded or enhanced", Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Annual General Meeting, October 2008

"Lego v Mega Bloks in the Supreme Court of Canada: ephemeral Rights in toy bricks", INTA Trademark Reporter, May 2006 (co-author)

"Leading IP cases", Canadian Bar Association Annual General Meeting 2006

"Functionality in trade-marks", New York State Bar Association, October 2006