Jeffrey F. Vicq




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Email jfv@cwilson.com





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800 - 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver B.C. V6C 3H1
Main Tel. (604) 687-5700
Fax (604) 687-6314

www.cwilson.com

 Area of Practice

Technology & Intellectual Property.

Representative Work

Jeffrey Vicq has extensive experience with intellectual property matters, including copyright, trade-marks, trade secrets and the exploitation and transfer of all types of intellectual property rights. He has also assisted clients with a broad range of information technology issues—from negotiating and preparing hardware and software development, licensing, distribution, outsourcing, maintenance and purchase contracts—to providing advice with respect to electronic contracting, performing online content reviews, and preparing internal and external technology use policies. Jeffrey is also experienced in matters relating to personal information protection, having prepared and provided advice concerning privacy practices, policies, guidelines and complaints.

Profile

Jeffrey Vicq is an associate with Clark Wilson LLP's Technology & Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 and his Master of Laws (Concentration in Law and Technology) from the University of Ottawa in 2007. He is also a registered Canadian Trade-mark Agent.

Prior to joining Clark Wilson, Jeffrey practiced for several years with a number of large Canadian law firms.

Jeffrey was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1999 and the British Columbia Bar in 2002.

Memberships & Associations

Member, Law Society of British Columbia

Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan

Member, International Trademark Association

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, Canadian IT Law Association

Member, British Columbia Technology Industries Association

Publications and Speaking Engagements

"Open Access Database Incentives in User-Contributed Content Projects" (in progress) (Co-author, with E. Judge)

"Bouquets and Brickbats: The Informational Privacy of Canadians", On The Identity Trail, 2006 (Author)

"Northern Exposure: Lessons from Canada's National Privacy Law Regime", Life, Liberty and Digital Rights, Association for Computing Machinery, 2006 (Author and Speaker)

"On the Data Trail: A Report on the Canadian Data Brokerage Industry", Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, 2006 (Co-author, with P. Lawson)

"Intellectual Property", British Columbia Institute of Technology, Elex 8290: Engineering Law, 2005 (Speaker)

"An Intellectual Property Primer", University of Victoria Business Law Clinic, 2001-2005 (Author and Speaker)

"Exempting BC and Alberta: Stitching the Seamless Continuum", Canadian Privacy Law Review, I:9, 2004 (Co-author, with C. Wilson)

"Living With BC's Privacy Legislation–What Charities Need To Know", Pacific Business & Law Institute, 2004 (Author and Speaker)

"Securing Your Assets: Intellectual Property Protection", Architectural Institute of British Columbia, 2004 (Author and Speaker)

"BC's New Privacy Legislation–A Workshop", The Alliance for Arts and Culture, 2004 (Author and Speaker)

"Intellectual Property for Software Engineers", Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, 2004 (Speaker)

Quoted in J. Heath-Rawlings, "Canadian, U.S. IP Law Gap Grows" The Globe and Mail (14 July 2003) B11

"Managing The Relationship: Private Sector Privacy in British Columbia", The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, 2003 (Author and Speaker)

"Important Decision Disallows Patenting of Higher Life Forms in Canada", Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2002 (Author)

"Planning for Privacy", Canadian Association of Gift Planners, 2002 (Author and Speaker)

"'The Library of Babel:' Advanced Legal Research Techniques", Saskatchewan Legal Education Society, 2001 (Author and Speaker)

"The Progression of our 'Consensual Hallucinations:' Advanced Uses of the Internet and the Future of Legal Technology", Saskatchewan Legal Education Society, 2001 (Author and Speaker)

"An Agricultural Biotechnology Primer for Lawyers", Canadian Bar Association Bar Notes, 2001 (Co-author, with D. Konkin)