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John’s clients include major advertisers and advertising agencies as well as several British Columbia Crown corporations. He provides advice in the following services:

• federal and provincial legislation relating to false and misleading advertising and deceptive marketing practices;
• comparative advertising;
• promotional contests;
• personality and privacy rights;
• trademark and copyright issues in the context of advertising;
• domain names and Internet advertising; and
• contractual matters relating to advertising.

Prior to entering the legal profession, John spent a number of years with major Vancouver advertising agencies as a media estimator and account executive. He joined Gowlings in 1995 after four years with another national Canadian law firm.