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John Ramsay is a partner in Gowlings’ Calgary office. He has advised closely held businesses for over 40 years and technology businesses since 1977, and has written and lectured extensively on the management and commercialization of intellectual property.
John currently serves as member of the examination review committee of the Certification Licensing Program established by the Licensing Executive Society (“LES”) and the education committee of LES (USA and Canada) and is a frequent writer of book reviews for Les Nouvelles, the LES journal. Recent presentations include a Professional Development Session on Dreadful Drafting (non-disclosure, grant clauses and intellectual property warranties) at the LES 2009 spring meeting in Montreal, and the Energy Technology Law course in the 2009 winter term at the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary. In 2009, he made the Canadian contribution to the Patent License chapter and the Anti-Trust Issues in Canada chapter of International Licensing and Technology Transfer: Practice and the Law.
John is currently writing the third edition of Ramsay on Technology Transfers and Licensing and the first edition of Intellectual Property Management Best Practices, both expected to be published early 2010. His recent publications include “Ramsay on Technology Transfers and Licensing”, 2nd Edition, 2002, published by Butterworths; “Trade Secrets in Canada” (a chapter in Trade Secrets Throughout the World, International Series, published by Thompson); “Dreadful Drafting: The Do’s and Don’ts of Licensing Agreements”, published in the “LESI Guide to Licensing Best Practices”, 2002, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; “The Do’s and Don’ts of Grant Clauses”, December 2007, published in les Nouvelles; “The Do’s and Don’ts of Non-Disclosure Agreements” June 2007, published in Les Nouvelles; and “The Do’s and Don’ts of Warranty Clauses,” June 2003, published in Les Nouvelles.
Recent book reviews include Early-State Technologies - Valuation and Pricing, by Richard Razgaitis; From Ideas to Assets – Investing Wisely in Intellectual Property, by Bruce Berman, editor; Comprehensive Intellectual Capital Management Step-By-Step, by Nermien Al-Ali; Valuation and Pricing of Technology-Based Intellectual Property ("Valuation"), by Richard Razgaitis; Intellectual Property Assets in Mergers and Acquisitions, by Lanning Bryer and Melvin Simensky; How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, by David Bornstein; Technology Patent Licensing: An International Reference on 21st Century Patent Licensing, Patent Pools and Patent Platforms, by Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey; Drafting Patent License Agreements, Fifth Edition, by Brian G. Brunsvold and D. Patrick O'Reilley; Making Innovation Pay: People Who Turn IP Into Shareholder Value, edited by Bruce Berman; Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agriculture Innovation: A Handbook of Best Practices; International Licensing and Technology Transfer: Practice and the Law – Volume I, edited by Adam Liberman, Peter Chrocziel and Russell E. Levine; The New Companion to Licensing Negotiations, Licensing Law Handbook, 2000-2001 Edition, by Robert Goldscheider; Trade Secrets: Law and Practice, by David W. Quinto and Stuart H. Singer; and From Assets to Profits: Competing for IP Value & Return, edited by Bruce Berman.
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