NAME

Sundeep Chauhan

Lawyer, TradeMark Agent & Adjunct Professor


PLACE & YEAR OF CALL

British Columbia - 2001

Ontario - 2003


SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS



Certified Specialist (Intellectual Property: Copyright)


• Registered Trade-mark Agent


EDUCATION

  1. •J.D. (Cum Laude), University of Ottawa

  2. •B.A. (Hons) High Distinction, University of Toronto

COMMITTEES

  1. •Executive Member & IP Liaison - Entertainment, Media & Communications Section, Ontario Bar Association (OBA)

  2. •Copyright Technical Committee - Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

  3. •Forums & Seminars Committee - Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)


MEMBERSHIPS

  1. •Canadian Bar Association (CBA)

  2. •Ontario Bar Association (OBA)

  3. •Canadian IT Law Association (IT.Can)

  4. •ALAI Canada (ALAI)

  5. •Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

  6. •Toronto Intellectual Property Group (TIPG)

  7. •The Advocates’ Society


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SHORT BIOGRAPHY


Designated by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist (Intellectual Property: Copyright), Sundeep Chauhan has extensive experience with respect to intellectual property issues relating to the entertainment, broadcasting, new media and retail sectors. Sundeep provides clients with innovative solutions from an integrated legal, business and policy perspective. He has been involved with proceedings before the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, the Copyright Board of Canada and has appeared before a Parliamentary Committee with respect to Copyright.


Sundeep is also a registered Canadian trade-mark agent and manages large trade-mark portfolios for multi-national organizations. Sundeep practices intellectual property (copyright & trade-mark), corporate, and administrative law with Gilbert’s LLP. 


Sundeep spent several years as Vice-President & General Counsel to  a music licensing company. Sundeep focused on strategic management, copyright, technology, the collective administration of copyright, the certification and enforcement of copyright tariffs and corporate commercial matters. Sundeep was also a Policy Analyst with the Copyright Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage.


Sundeep is Adjunct Faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School where he teaches an intellectual property law seminar on copyright. Sundeep has been invited to speak at numerous domestic and international events.


Sundeep graduated from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, and obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with High Distinction from the University of Toronto.


Selection of Notable Litigation


  1. •Supreme Court of Canada: Rogers Communications Inc., et al v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada; Entertainment Software Association, et al v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (counsel to intervenor)

  2. •Copyright Board of Canada: Re:Sound Tariff 6 (Dance & Fitness) 2008-2012

  3. •Copyright Board of Canada: Re:Sound Tariff 1.C (CBC - Radio) 2006-2011

  4. •Copyright Board of Canada: SOCAN-NRCC Tariff 1.A (Commercial Radio) 2008-2011

  5. •Copyright Board of Canada: NRCC Tariff 7 (Motion Picture Theatres and Drive-Ins) (2009-2011) and Tariff 9 (Commercial Television) 2009-2013 [Preliminary Issue]

  6. •Copyright Board of Canada: Satellite Radio Services NRCC 2007-2010

  7. •Federal Court of Appeal: Astral Media Radio Inc. v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2010 FCA 16, [2011] 1 F.C.R. 347

  8. •Federal Court of Appeal: Canadian Association of Broadcasters v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and Neigbouring Rights Collective of Canada 2006 FCA 337

  9. •Copyright Board of Canada: NRCC Tariff 3 (Use and Supply of Background Music)  2003-2009


Selection of Speaking Engagements & Publications


  1. •McGill/IPIC Summer Courses in Intellectual Property,“Copyright Master Class - Music Copyright”, 2011

  2. •“2012 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.1-4”, 2011

  3. •“Bill C-32: The Copyright Modernization Act - What have we heard so far”, 2011

  4. •IFPI Global Performance Rights Committee Meeting, Toronto (Canada), “Rate Proceedings - Canada”, 2009

  5. •IFPI European Performance Rights Committee Meeting, Vienna (Austria), “Valuing Music: An Economist’s Perspective”, 2008

  6. •IFPI Global Performance Rights Committee Meeting, London (U.K.),“Preparing a Tariff Case”,2008

  7. •University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management MBA Program (Canada),“Competition and Strategy in Creative Industries : Music Pricing”, 2007

  8. •Canadian Music Week, Toronto (Canada), “Broadcasting & Webcasting Royalties: The Battle Heats Up”, 2007

  9. •American Federation of Musicians 96th Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada (United States), “Re:Sound FAQ, Distributions & Tariffs”, 2005

  10. •House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage - Statutory Review of the Copyright Act, Section 92, Ottawa (Canada), “Ratifying the WIPO Treaties”, 2003


HISTORY OF eLawNetwork.com



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