Canada's intellectual property laws support you as artists and creators. Taking advantage of that support starts with understanding your rights and the rights of your customers and distributors, and using contracts that achieve your goals. This presentation will address:

• How copyright law's rules of ownership protect creators.
• Neighbouring rights: how distributors can sometimes own their own piece of your work.
• Users' rights - the limits of copyright.
• Moral rights - recognizing creators' rights.
• Assigning copyright.
• Licensing 101.
• Giving it all away while keeping it too: Creative Commons and alternative licenses.
• Logos, branding, and trade-marks.

David Fewer joined the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law as Staff Counsel of CIPPIC, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Canada's only technology law clinic, in November, 2004. CIPPIC's mandate is to advocate for balance in policy and law-making on issues arising out of new technologies. Mr. Fewer leads CIPPIC's advocacy on intellectual property-related matters. Mr. Fewer's work at CIPPIC focuses on training students in effective legal advocacy, producing relevant online resources, and articulating a public interest perspective in government policy development and law-making processes.

Mr. Fewer has practised intellectual property and technology law since 1997. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Fewer completed an LL.M. at the University of Toronto, where he wrote on intellectual property policy and the application of the Charter to copyright law. Mr. Fewer also clerked with the Federal Court of Canada, where he had the opportunity to work with judges at both the Court of Appeal and Trial Division on intellectual property and related matters. He has taught and written extensively on intellectual property and technology law issues, and is a frequent commentator in the media on such matters.

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