Gray, Brian

B.A. (1971, Cornell University) Chemistry and History (Dean’s List for academic excellence 1971);

M.A. (1974, Cornell University) Government, International Relations (Western European Studies Fellowship);

LL.B. (1977, University of Toronto);

Ontario Barrister and Solicitor (1979); Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Experience

Legal practice (Ridout & Maybee 1979-1986; Blake Cassels 1986-2004, co-founder Intellectual Property Group; McCarthy Tetrault, 2004-2007 head of Intellectual Property Group; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada 2007- 2017, senior partner, member of Arbitration Core Group.

Registered Patent and Trade-Mark Agent US and Canada 1980- 2024. Practice focused on dispute resolution, litigation, protection and commercialization of all aspects of intellectual property.

Particular expertise in software patents (lead counsel representing banks in Amazon and Benjamin Moore cases). Represented Nortel in sale of the company and patents in insolvency proceedings. Represented large pharmaceutical companies and start-up biotech companies in patent disputes and movie studios and producers in copyright, software and publishing disputes.

WIPO Arbitrator; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; WIPO Panel for FRAND disputes; AIPLA Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators; INTA Panel of Trademark Mediators. WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution. IP Neutrals of Canada. Lead counsel in mediations and arbitrations concerning entertainment contracts, copyright infringement, patent infringement, trade-secrets, trade-libel, and including mediations which involved multiple patent law suits. Mediator regarding contracts relating to software, entertainment, trademarks and licensing disputes. Panel member the Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre and the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre Commercial Arbitration.