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08-19-2011, 08:35 PM, (This post was last modified: 08-19-2011, 08:39 PM by Ernesto.)
Did you see this in the newsletter?
I liked the article http://www.rhspec.com/dont-power-trowel-concrete-blindly the most.
I got one of those crazy questions about that. If power troweling inhibits drying from the surface, does that mean there is very little emission rate?
Stephen Perrera dba
Top Floor Installation Co.
RE: Rhspec.com
Yes, inhibited drying equals lower MVER.
And a history of failures.
This is the bane of MVER testing, Mr. Higgens nightmare. How come we had low MVER but the floor failed catastrophically in 6 months?
Wet slabs are dangerous. Let's just agree on that. If the slab is very wet, it has high potential (Copyright JD 2005) for failure. The cement is still hydrating above 85%. Moisture is moving and taking alkaline constituents with it as it moves. We have always known wet slabs are bad news.
Back in the day the only test for slab wetness was placing a desiccant on the slab and covering the desiccant with a vapor tight dome, and then dancing a vapor dance, giving homage to the concrete gods and boozing up the GC to make him your best buddy in case the whole shebang blew up.
You looked at the desiccant after a couple days and it told you NOTHING about the slab besides a tiny bit of information that at this brief instant in time between your brother's third wedding and the birth of the two headed goat at the county fair, the moisture that came out of the slab while the temperature and humidity were just so, was ....X.... an unknown number... Really an insignificant number. You never knew the potential (copyright JD 2005) of the slab... How much water was trapped inside, boiling and seething and jonesing to get out and bring its alkaline posse with it...
And floors failed. Floors failed over bad readings, that we could understand, but hey, floors were failing over good MVER readings.... WHY?
Well we know why, because there is moisture in the concrete that is dying to get out, or at least equilibrate, and that raises havoc with our flooring. So a couple of smart guys figured out that we should and could read the moisture held inside the concrete, and get an idea of the potential (copyright JD 2005) the slab has to experience problems later in life... A slab with a LOT of moisture inside is far more likely to have a failure due to moisture and alkalinity. Even if the slab has a cap that limits MVER such as a sealer, burned surface or it was just read during a high RH period of time in the building.
So, getting off my lectern, yes a hard troweled surface will inhibit MVER, but MVER is a LOUSY indicator of a slab's readiness for flooring... Love ya Bob!
RE: Rhspec.com
Hmmmm, I was hoping you would say that but didn't you just say.....
Quote:EC, you sound like a pretty smart fella.......over in this thread http://www.wagnermeters.com/concreteforum/Thread-Epoxy-over-7-day-old-slab ???
So now if the surface structure was inhibiting dry out and is only reading 5lbs isin't this escentually a good thing? And the moisture in the concrete is thus equilibrated already because of this burned-black, hard surface, compacted concrete?
Someone is not making logical sense here. Me thinks you had to many peyote buttons doing your dance around the fire.
Stephen Perrera dba
Top Floor Installation Co.
RE: Rhspec.com
Stephen, you have followed Bob too long.
Yes, low MVER is a good thing, if it is accompanied by low RH. High RH and low MVER does not make a slab safe for moisture sensitive flooring. There is still a lot of moisture gurgling in there moving alkalinity and also moving water as the slab equilibrates over time.
This key point is where the revolution is taking place. The old MVER tests have failed us, floors were blowing up and nobody understood why. Now we know, low MVER is almost completely irrelevant for indicating an acceptable floor.
You can read that again, low MVER is almost irrelevant for indicating readiness for flooring.
This is where fellas like Bob and I disagree, but companies like Nora Rubber and I see eye to eye. Nora has one of the tightest floors on the market, and they will never accept a CaCl test. They will only allow RH testing, and it has to be a Wagner Rapid Rh test probe.
We have found the problem with testing and are eliminating it. Don't believe anything a CaCl test tells you. It means very very little.
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08-21-2011, 09:08 AM, (This post was last modified: 08-21-2011, 09:12 AM by Ernesto.)
RE: Rhspec.com
I am under the impression "stuff" has to come out of the surface of a slab to affect the floorcovering above it. And if the emission rate is inhibited then as you commonly state that higher emisson rates will be forthcoming if you bead blast the surface.
Don't make me go back there and quote you again. lol
Your right about the revolution but still no one can explain about how at one point you guys state MVER rates in a discussion ( ie; after blasting )trying to explain issues and then again in the same paragraph or sentence deny they have anything to do with flooring failures.
It's quite the new dance.
Stephen Perrera dba
Top Floor Installation Co.
RE: Rhspec.com
Stephen you need to read what I wrote much more carefully.
I was discussing the previous poster who said he would blast the surface and install a primer. Yes blasting will open the surface and allow a higher MVER.
And while I agree it's the 'stuff' coming out of the slab that destroys the adhesives and flooring, I do not think that a low MVER is enough of an indicator that the slab is okay. This is a myth perpetuated (5) by the CaCl proponents. A slab with a low MVER can still be actively hydrating, and can be extremely volatile. When you put a moisture sensitive flooring on a slab that has high potential for changing its state, you are risking complete failure.
RE: Rhspec.com
Ah ha! So you admit it is MVER that attacks a slab yet the F-2170 will not tell ya what that MVER is going to be. Yet, these mitigation systems still tell you "protects up to ______ in lbs/24/1000. Kinda weird doncha think?
If they denounce the CaCl tests then why are they still using the old technospeak for Cacl?
Therefore why even do any sort of test. Why not just go in and just do a mitigation test and be done with it? Blast it, seal it and forget it.
Stephen Perrera dba
Top Floor Installation Co.
RE: Rhspec.com
Folks, we need to listen to JD here. He is a voice of reason who understands this concept of MVER pretty well. Power troweling or hard plating a slab will lower its permeability to breathe; it has been proven in the CTL Group laboratories and is a concept the PCA has been writing about for decades. Lowered MVER is always the result. Couple this with the fact that during 99.9% of all CaCl tests performed, the surface is never ground open to 20"x20" and gassed off for 24-hrs. This is but one reason why the lower MVER scores are the result. Since ASTM F-1869-11 has now been introduced, there are even more reasons to run scared from this standard. It has become worse than a classic horror show. It is simply a culmination of 70 years of bad, bad, bad science that began in 1941 by Armstrong with no pedigree, no substantiated research to back it, and was elevated from qualitative to quantitative status in the 1960s by virtue of no quantifiable research merits. It continues to this day as simply nothing more than a surface test, that measures only 90% of the artificially extracted moisture through a non-calibrated desiccant that happens to absorb moisture, to a depth of only 1/2" and nothing past 3/4".
The moisture that comes out of the on-grade slab is meaningless. What is still hydrating within the slab at 40% depth is the ONLY meaningful issue to know. The RapidRH 4.0 is the most accurate predictor and the best indicator of what happens if the slab is capped with a floor covering or coating, and the rest of the internal vapor equilibrating within it. This is the science that is real. These are the reasons our colleagues in Europe don't have our problems with wet slabs and fast track nightmares (they also don't use .70 to .80 w/c ratios either.)
There is only one patented RH system sensor design on the planet, at this particular time, that measures small air volume at the PRECISE 40% depth that ASTM F-2170-09 calls for...with a sensor chip embedded within it...and then complies with 2170 further by providing within the test kit a NIST-traceable certificate to PROVE it is calibrated when it goes into the test hole. This is huge in a court of law, my friends. Wagner RapidRH 4.0 is that RH system. If you are going to talk compliance to ASTM F-2170-09, the in-situ RH test method that most fully complies with this standard, when performed correctly, is the Wagner RapidRH 4.0. Don't even get me started talking about slotted sleeves that allow ambient air in-and-out or leap frogging of non-calibrated reader devices; all of these will reflect lower RH scores. Additionally, there is no merit in trying to dredge up reasoning that CaCL still offers hope. It doesn't. The 1869 test method has been completely and exhaustively disarmed, through scientific laboratory research and field testing, of any credibility and authenticity in this industry. Like the Europeans did in 1987, the U.S. floor covering industry has moved on since 2002. It's time we all did our due diligence and apply the science we have learned. The CTL Group and the Portland Cement Association (PCA), both from Skokie, IL., are leading from the front with the research findings. Wagner Electronics is right there with them.
It's time to investigate the results for yourselves. I'm not bankrolling future floor failures due to a lack of knowledge and understanding. How about you?
08-21-2011, 05:17 PM, (This post was last modified: 08-21-2011, 05:34 PM by CC Solutions.)
RE: Rhspec.com
(08-21-2011, 04:29 PM)Ernesto Wrote: Ah ha! So you admit it is MVER that attacks a slab yet the F-2170 will not tell ya what that MVER is going to be.
No, MVER is the rate of transmission. A slab can have low MVER and fail. A slab can have high MVER and never fail. It's what's INSIDE the slab that matters. The RH test will tell you what's inside the slab.
You show me a slab that has a low MVER and I'll get a very high MVER reading from it. The test is flawed and not worth the time it takes to conduct it.
Mitigation creates a barrier much different than a burned concrete cap. Mitigating a slab keeps the moisture and alkalinity from affecting the adhesive no matter how volatile the concrete is.
Thank you for chiming in David, your posts are always concise and eloquent, easy to follow and make perfect sense!
Kind of the opposite of many of my posts
I started my response to Stephen then had to cook up a grill full of steak kabobs for my family. They were delicious! Now I'm back and see I wasn't needed here at all!
You guys know I work with this issue every day, and as we speak the mayor of my little town is mad as heck with me because his new police station is being held up by slab moisture. The CaCl tests are just fine, but the flooring installer has been through a couple of failures where I came in and proved the RH was far too high for a successful floor.
The installer now uses Rapid RH probes and refuses to install the floor. I met with the construction team and concurred with the decision to hold off.
From the installer's view, he has had failures on floors that read great by CaCl, but failed. He has not had a failure on floors that have good RH numbers, or on floors I have mitigated for him. He is not willing to take that expensive gamble no matter how mad the mayor gets.
I try to spread the word that MVER is not the indicator we need for slab readiness. If you have EVER had a floor fail where the initial CaCl test was good, you need to ask yourself how it was possible and what makes the most sense to explain it. It's not that we have dozens of floors sweating during installation, it's not voodoo moisture attacking, the reason was probably inside the slab all along and we DO have the ability to see it before we begin flooring.
RE: Rhspec.com
Posted by dlpaal - Today 03:47 PMThe moisture that comes out of the on-grade slab is meaningless. What is still hydrating within the slab at 40% depth is the ONLY meaningful issue to know<<<
If emissions makes no difference then why are you sealing the top with moisture mitigation systems?
I've read everything your speaking of dlpaal, your not telling me anything I don't already know, but ya'll cannot answer my questions concisely. Difference is that people have to prove to me what they are saying. I just don't run with the latest pack.
Now, tell me is this "science" formal science or applied science? Do you know the difference and would it matter?
Stephen Perrera dba
Top Floor Installation Co.
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My seal came stretched and I had to repair it. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Boom Swimmer Written By John, Roy, Wa on Friday, July 11, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This works great on my bicycle for long rides. Pros: A great product Cons: None 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Boom Swimmer Written By Anonymous, Schuyler, VA on Tuesday, July 08, 2014 This product is absolutely fantastic. I bought the swimmer so I could bring music out on our tubing trips on the river and couldn't be more pleased with it. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 BOOM Swimmer Written By Jeff, Statesville, NC on Friday, June 27, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Love it great sound and function! Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 It's a Boomer all right! Written By Jodygofast, Kansas CIty MO on Monday, June 23, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I love this little guy. I pop him in the bag on top of my frame while I bike. I can crank out miles and miles with the rockin' tunes motivating me. I've tried many speakers on my bike but I can say this is the best I have found. I often have to turn it down because it's too loud. Now that is saying something. I also have the Boom Urchin and love that speaker as well. Pros: Small, waterproof, easy to charge. Cons: Wish it were easier to find the controls while riding but I will work that out with some marking on top. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 BOOM Swimmer Written By Chuck, Hollywood, FL on Monday, June 16, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I have listened to small BLUETOOTH speakers before, but when I saw the waterproof Swimmer I had to have one for my bike. Ear buds are dangerous when riding. It's perfect for handlebars, and has great sound. You'll love it. Pros: Easy link up. Great sound Cons: A little pricey 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great Little Speaker Written By Dean, los angels CA on Monday, June 09, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I saw this little speaker in the Crutchfield mailer. It was attached to a bike handlebar and I thought what a great idea. With summer here what better way to cruise around than with tunes on my bike. The speaker has surprising range and loudness. Its a hit with my friends and they are lining up to get one. Pros: Great sound and volume. Hooks up easily to your phone and lasts for hours. Cons: The tail doesn't quite hold as well as you would think to the handlebar. And the "black" version isnt black at all. Its gray. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 good product Written By byondrepair, va. on Monday, May 12, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Does what they say it will do. Great for shower or small room. Pros: Adjustable tail. Cons: Bluetooth signal is weak. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Boom Swimmer Written By william, Oakland, CA on Monday, April 07, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I wouldn't call this "RED" it's more red-orange. The power on/off voice is LOUD! good sound out of a little speaker, long battery life, easy to use, discreet controls. Bright-flashing operation light somewhat annoying in totally dark bedroom situation, good to locate the device, when needed, in the dark. Suction doesn't work on varnished wood for too long. Pros: Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Good sound Written By Dave, Boston on Friday, March 14, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This little speaker has a nice solid sound. The rubberized texture gives the impression that it's a high quality piece. This is and will continue to be used in the shower listening mainly to news and sports in the morning. I'm using the "tail" to attach the speaker to the shower curtain rod. I haven't tried the suction cup attachment. The instructions do say that the speaker is waterproof only with the tail, not the suction cup. Also the speaker is heavy for its size and I question the suction cup's ability to keep this thing on the wall. Only gripe I have is the voice that announces "power on" and "power off". Wish there was some way to turn that off. Pros: Good sound, feels like it is fairly high quality, battery life seems good so far. Cons: Voice announcing "power on" and "power off". Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 this speaker is amazing Written By cade, crestline california on Thursday, March 13, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This speaker is amazing. Totally worth the price I request this to anyone! Pros: Loud light durable waterproof nice bass perfect size Cons: None 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 BOOM Swimmer Written By Michael, Fort Wayne, IN on Saturday, February 15, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Speaker works great with Bluetooth functionality. Use at work with phone to listen to music and radio...great battery life at low volume level. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great speaker Written By Fabian, yuma,az on Thursday, February 06, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great speaker, and only $60. Got it for my birthday and couldent ask for anyting better. Pros: Loud,waterproof,shockproof,and overall good Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 BOOM Swimmer Written By Bob A, Seabrook Tx. on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Cant beat it for the price, Sounds good and waterproof. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great Little Speaker Written By Rhys P., Va Beach on Thursday, January 23, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Synks easily with iPhone and puts out a good sound. Worth the price. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Boom Swimmer Written By Anonymous, Okinawa, Japan on Sunday, January 19, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great sound in a small package. Comes with a suction cup and bendable hook attachment to allow attachment to glass surfaces or hanging from a tree branch etc... Pros: inexpensive, great sound Cons: N/A Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Good bt h2o proof Written By Brandon, Duluth on Thursday, January 09, 2014 This is a good sounding small speaker. Its super simple design is easy to pair with an Android phone. I love the waterproof feature. My wife and I will use it on our kayaks in Lake Superior. For the money, it's a solid buy. Pros: H2O proof, good sound, easy to attach to whatever... Cons: None yet Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 BOOM swimmer (red) Written By Bradley, Richmond, VA on Wednesday, January 08, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This Bluetooth speaker sounds good for its small size. The fact that it has a bendable hook, suction cup, and can stand alone is also nice. Perfect for music in the bathroom or shower since its waterproof and is plenty loud to fill a small room with music. You could use it at a pool but don't expect it to be loud enough for something like a party. Pros: waterproof easy to operate (only has a few buttons and was super easy to sinc to an iPad) good sound for the size Cons: None so far, just know what you are getting. A small speaker that sounds good for its size, not something that will be large enough for parties. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 1 question already asked If you were using it in the shower, can you physically adjust the volume at the speaker? [ Shayne Jun 18, 2014 ] 13 answers Shayne B, yes you can use any button on the swimmer while in the shower, it has your basic volume up, volume down, song skip functions. Till now the only problem is that the plastic inside the tail of my swimmer broke but other than that, this swimmer can pack a punch. Definitely amazing sound. [ Fabian Jun 21, 2014 ] Yes [ JOHN Jun 20, 2014 ] Yes there is a simple adjustment on the device for the volume also a power, pause & bluetooth sync button. I use mlne in the shower everyday. [ WILLIAM B Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes, however this does not adjust the volume on your phone if that's what it's paired to. You can also skip songs by holding the volume plus button down for a few seconds. [ Jeremy Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes. There are two buttons ( + and -) for volume control. [ ELIZABETH Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes, volume is adjustable by clicking the + or - buttons on the speaker. [ Richard Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes you can, it has a power button, bluetooth sync button and volume up and down button on the speaker. It will only sync with one device at a time, so if you have more than one device, you have to resync a new device, it only remembers the last one you used, the last one you used yiu can use repeatedly without re-synching [ obeid Jun 19, 2014 ] The speaker has volume buttons (+ & -) on the side, so you can adjust the volume as needed. BTW, this is a GREAT SPEAKER, that produces very nice sound!! Enjoy! [ SEAN Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes the speaker can be adjusted at the speaker while in the shower. We love this speaker and plan on buying a couple more. [ gary Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes u can, however, it is not synced with the bluetooth decive. So just know that the volumes are separate. I typically turn the volume up high on one device and control the actual sound from the other device depending on which way you plan to use it. So in that case u would just use the speaker to actually control the sound. Hope that answers your question [ Tanner Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes. There are + and - buttons on the side of the speaker as well as the bluetooth and power buttons. [ DAVID Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes you can adjust the volume. [ ASHLEY Jun 19, 2014 ] Yes, there are volume controls on speaker. [ Michael Jun 19, 2014 ] For a more in-depth review and enhanced detailed information on the BOOM Swimmer, please visit the Crutchfield website product page (/ISEO-rccbcspd/p_830SWMRGN/BOOM-Swimmer-Mint.html ). × Mint Available in five colors (white, black, blue, mint, and red) Easy to take with you, hands-free Easy to take with you, hands-free Mint - left front view Mint - with tail curled Mint - with tail looped Searches related to the BOOM Swimmer Waterproof portable Bluetooth® powered speaker system Boom Boom Portable Bluetooth Speakers Portable Bluetooth Speakers under $100 BOOM Swimmer reviews


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Our Team » Advisory Board
|Mario Bouchard
Mario Bouchard is general counsel with the Copyright Board of Canada. A member of the Quebec bar, he holds a master's degree from l'Université Laval. He was legislative counsel to the Quebec National Assembly, teaching associate in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham (U.K.), research coordinator of the administrative law project of the Law Reform Commission of Canada, wine broker, counsel to the federal department of Justice and head of legal services at the Immigration and Refugee Board. He has appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has authored several papers dealing with copyright, the work of the Copyright Board, collective administration and orphan works. His most recent one compares the operations and regulation of collective management organizations in Australia and Canada.As General Counsel to the Copyright Board, Mr. Bouchard has been involved in many files dealing with copyright law reform and new technologies, including proposed tariffs for the use of music over the Internet and by satellite radio. Mr. Bouchard is a member of the external advisory board of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic.
| Mary Carman
Ms. Carman has over 25 years of Canadian federal government experience in several departments, in areas as diverse as pre-market approval of pharmaceuticals at Health Canada, and economic policy assessment at the Privy Council Office. Since she joined Industry Canada in early 2003, Ms. Carman has served as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications, as Chief Information Officer, and as Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Science and Innovation Sector. Most recently she was ADM, Small Business and Marketplace Services.In April 2007 Ms. Carman was appointed Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).CIPO is an Agency of Industry Canada responsible for administering Canada's intellectual property (IP) systems which comprise patents, trade-marks, copyrights, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies. As such CIPO is responsible for granting and registering IP rights, as well as disseminating information associated with these rights.
|Casey Chisick
Casey Chisick combines recognized expertise in copyright and other intellectual property matters with an in-depth understanding of the entertainment and media industries, providing transactional advice and litigation counsel to film, television, music, broadcasting, theatre, advertising, literary, fashion and business clients. A graduate of the University of Manitoba and Harvard Law School, and a former law clerk to The Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada, Casey has taught copyright to hundreds of students at Osgoode Hall, the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba. He remains active in legal education circles as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall and co-chair of the bi-annual Entertainment, Advertising & Media Law Symposium for the Law Society of Upper Canada.Casey has represented clients in proceedings before the courts of Ontario and British Columbia, as well as the Federal Court of Canada and the Copyright Board. In 2006, he acted as lead counsel to the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) in the historic CSI Online Music Services Tariff hearing, in which the Copyright Board established the royalties payable to songwriters and music publishers by online music services like iTunes, Napster, and Puretracks for the right to reproduce songs and distribute them via the Internet as downloads and streams. He is also a frequent commentator on copyright and entertainment issues for CBC television and radio. For a more detailed biography, click here.
|A. Kelly Gill
Mr. Gill is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office. A member of the Firm's IP department, Mr. Gill formerly served as the Intellectual Property Department Head in Toronto from 2003 to 2006, and was Head of the Firm's IP Litigation National Practice Group from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Gill specializes in trade mark, copyright, patent and misleading advertising litigation, including related rights and opinion work. Selected as one of Lexpert's Top 40 Under 40 Canadian lawyers in November/December 2004, Mr. Gill is listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Lexpert and Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners as a one of the top IP professionals in Canada and is a Canadian contributing editor of the European Intellectual Property Review. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the Institute of Trademark Agents, the International Trademark Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Gill's practice has brought him before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court Trial Division, the Ontario Court of Appeal, High Court and Divisional Court. He has appeared as counsel on numerous reported intellectual property decisions. For a more detailed biography, click here.
|The Honourable Justice Roger T. Hughes
Born September 16, 1941, in Montreal, Quebec. Educated at Queen's University (B.Sc. 1963) and University of Toronto (LL.B. 1966). Called to the Bar of Ontario (1968) and Alberta (1976). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1984). Associate and Partner, Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay and Sim & McBurney (1969 – 2005). Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law and in Civil Litigation, Law Society of Upper Canada; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Registered Professional Engineer (1964), Registered Trade Mark Agent (1968), Registered Patent Agent (1969); Past-President, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada; Past Director, Advocates' Society; Author and speaker, Court practice and procedure, patent, trade mark and copyright law, and media and entertainment law. Appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, June 1, 2005. Appointed as a Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on June 23, 2006.
|Sylvain Laporte
Sylvain Laporte is the Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-Marks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) since April 2011. CIPO is an agency of Industry Canada responsible for granting and registering IP rights in Canada. Mr. Laporte holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science from Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean, and a Master's degree in computer engineering from Royal Military College in Kingston. He started his career as a member of the Canadian Forces in the field of aerospace engineering. He then held positions at Canada Post Corporation in business development, marketing, logistics and information technology. He joined Industry Canada in March 2007 as the Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and soon after he was appointed as Executive Director, Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) in October 2008. At ITO, he was responsible for government contributions into industrial research and development programs.
|Anne-Marie Monteith
Ms Monteith is the Director of the Copyright and International Intellectual Property Directorate at Industry Canada. The CIIP Directorate advises the government on copyright and international intellectual property matters other than patents and develops specific policy proposals and legislative initiatives in these areas.
| Lisa Philipps
Professor Lisa Philipps joined the faculty of Osgoode Hall Law School in 1996 after teaching at the University of Victoria (1991-95) and the University of British Columbia (1995-96). She holds law degrees from the University of Toronto (LL.B. 1986) and York University (LL.M. 1992). Prior to her academic career Lisa practiced tax law with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto. She is co-author of Canadian Income Tax Law, 3d (LexisNexis 2009, with David Duff, Kim Brooks and Ben Alarie), and co-editor of Tax Expenditures: State of the Art (Canadian Tax Foundation, 2011, with Neil Brooks and Jinyan Li). Professor Philipps teaches a range of tax courses to JD and LLM students at Osgoode and in 2008 she taught as a Visiting Senior Fellow in Melbourne Law School's Tax LLM Program. Lisa has published many articles, book chapters and op-ed comments on tax and fiscal policy issues, as well as briefs and reports for Parliamentary Standing Committees, the Law Commission of Canada, the National Association of Women and the Law, and others. She currently serves as Associate Dean (Research, Graduate Studies & Institutional Relations) (2009-11), and in this capacity develops international partnerships and programs, and promotes all aspects of the law school's research productivity and reputation. Lisa also sits as a representative of Osgoode on the Council of the Ontario Bar Association. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, and a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation.
|Poonam Puri
Poonam Puri is one of Canada's most respected scholars and commentators on issues of corporate law, securities law, corporate governance, and corporate and white-collar crime.
Appointed to York University's Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997 at the age of 25, and a recipient of its Teaching Excellence Award in 1999, Puri is a prolific scholar who has co-authored or edited three books and written numerous articles or reports. She has an LLB degree from the University of Toronto, where she was the Silver Medalist in her 1995 graduating law class, and she holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Harvard Law School.
Her work is academically rigorous as well as firmly grounded in the real-time of policy-making. It is for this reason that governments and regulators in Canada and internationally, including Industry Canada, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Canadian Senate, the Wise Persons Committee on Securities Regulation and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, have sought her expertise.
In 2008, she was appointed as one of two research directors of the Canadian Ministry of Finance's Expert Panel on Securities Regulation, which is seeking input on the best way to develop and implement a model Common Securities Act for Canada. In 2005, she was co-research director of the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation and also served as a member of the OSC's Investor Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2007. She was the President of the Canadian Law and Economics Association from 2006-2008.
A 2005 recipient of Canada's Top 40 under 40™ award, she was appointed in 2008 to the board of directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. She is on the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Food Banks, and an inaugural member of the University of Toronto President's International Advisory Council.
|The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein
Born December 25, 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Educated at Winnipeg schools and University of Manitoba, B.Com., 1962, LL.B., 1966. Called to the Bar of Manitoba, 1966. Married to Sheila Dorfman of Montreal on June 12, 1966. Four children: Ronald, Douglas, Tracey and Robert, and three grandchildren. Associate Thorvaldson, Eggertson, Saunders and Mauro, 1966-69; Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, 1969-72; partner Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, 1972-92, member and periodic Chairman of Management Committee/Executive Board, 1981-92. Appointed Q.C., 1979. Practised in the areas of Administrative Law and Litigation, primarily Transportation and Competition Law. Labour and commercial arbitrator. Adjudicator, Manitoba Human Rights Act, 1978-83. Member, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, 1986-92. Appeared before federal and Manitoba Administrative Tribunals, Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, Manitoba Court of Appeal, Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Lecturer, Transportation Law, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, 1970-83, 1988-92. Lecturer, Contract Law, University of Manitoba, Extension Department, 1970-75. Bar Admission Course Lecturer, Law Society of Manitoba, 1970-75. Secretary (Administrator), Civil Legal Aid Committee, Law Society of Manitoba, 1968-70. Chairman, Commission on Compulsory Retirement (Manitoba), 1981-82. Chairman, Ministerial Task Force on International Air Policy (Canada), 1990-91. Member, Manitoba Transportation Industry Development Advisory Committee, 1985-87, and Chairman, 1987-90. Member, Airports Task Force, 1985-86. Member, Airports Transfer Advisory Board, 1988-92. Member, External Advisory Committee, University of Manitoba Transport Institute, 1989-92. Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, and member ex officio Appeal Division, June 24, 1992 – January 20, 1999. Appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, October 29, 1992. Judicial member of the Competition Tribunal, May 31, 1993 – January 20, 1999. Appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal, January 21, 1999. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, March 1, 2006.
|Barry Sookman
Barry Sookman is a partner with McCarthy Tétrault and co-chair of its Technology Law Group. He is also the former head of its Internet and Electronic Commerce Group. Prior to that, he was head of its Intellectual Property Group for six years. He is one of Canada's foremost authorities in the area of Information Technology Law.Mr. Sookman is the author of the leading three-volume text entitled Sookman: Computer Law: Acquiring and Protecting Information Technology (Carswell 1989-1999) and the leading four-volume text Sookman: Computer, Internet and Electronic Commerce Law (Carswell 1999-2005).Mr. Sookman also authored Computer, Internet and Electronic Commerce Terms: Judicial, Legislative and Technical Definitions (2001-2004). In addition, he is a contributing author to the following: Gordon Henderson Copyright Law in Canada (Carswell 1994), Barbara McIsaac The Law of Privacy in Canada (Carswell 2000-2003); George Takach The Software Business (McGraw Hill 1999); and Marco Giovanoli International Monetary Law: Issues for the New Millenium (Oxford 2000). Mr. Sookman is also the author of numerous articles dealing with information technology and intellectual property and is a frequent speaker on legal issues related to computer, electronic commerce, internet law and intellectual property. For a more detailed biography, click here.
|Professor and Dean Lorne Sossin
Lorne Sossin is a Professor and Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, at York University. Prior to this appointment, Professor Sossin was a Professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto (2002-2010). He is a former Associate Dean of the University of Toronto (2004-2007) and served as the inaugural Director of the Centre for the Legal Profession (2008-2010). Previously (1997-2002), he was a faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Department of Political Science, at York University. His teaching interests span administrative and constitutional law, the regulation of professions, civil litigation, public policy and the judicial process. Dean Sossin was a law clerk to former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada, a former Associate in Law at Columbia Law School and a former litigation lawyer with the firm of Borden & Elliot (now Borden Ladner Gervais). He holds doctorates from the University of Toronto in Political Science and from Columbia University in Law. Dean Sossin has published numerous books, journal articles, reviews and essays, including Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010) (forthcoming); The Future of Judicial Independence (Toronto: Irwin, 2010) (co-edited with Adam Dodek); Civil Litigation (Toronto: Irwin 2010) (co-authored with Janet Walker); Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009) (co-edited with Peter Russell); Administrative Law in Context (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008) (co-edited with Colleen Flood); Dilemmas of Solidarity: Rethinking Redistribution in the Canadian Federation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006) (co-edited with Sujit Choudhry and Jean-Francois Gaudreault-Desbiens); and Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005) (co-edited with Colleen Flood & Kent Roach).Dean Sossin served as Research Director for the Law Society of Upper Canada's Task Force on the Independence of the Bar and has written commissioned papers for the Gomery Inquiry, the Ipperwash Inquiry and the Goudge Inquiry. He also serves on the Boards of the National Judicial Institute, the Law Commission of Ontario and is a Vice Chair of the Ontario Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and Member of the Health Services Appeal and Review Board. Dean Sossin served as Interim Integrity Commissioner for the City of Toronto in 2008-2009, and is currently the Open Meeting Investigator for the City of Toronto.
Lara Taylor
Director, Copyright and International Trade Policy – Canadian Heritage
|David Tobin
David Tobin has over thirty years experience in a variety of federal public service management positions. He has experience in both domestic and international fields as well as in policy and operational matters. His most recent position prior to his retirement was Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) He held this position from November 1999 until April 2007.CIPO provides products and services to the intellectual property users (business, universities, IP agents, general public) in support of Canada's domestic and international interests in intellectual property. It administers the intellectual property systems in Canada including the granting of patents, trade-marks and registration of other intellectual property. The Commissioner and Registrar has separate, independent authority in the decision to grant or reject an application.Prior to this he had a number of other positions including General Director Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance, from January 1997 – November 1999, and Director General Corporate Governance Branch, Department of Industry Canada, September 1991 to December 1996. He had previous experience at Department of Fisheries as well in the private sector. He holds degrees from Concordia University (Loyola College) and Carleton.
|David Vaver
Professor David Vaver has returned to Osgoode from Oxford to inspire a new generation of students in the IP Osgoode program. An Emeritus Fellow of St. Peter's College at Oxford and former Director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, Professor Vaver has written extensively in intellectual property law including two texts – Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trademarks (Toronto: Irwin Law 1997) and Copyright Law (Toronto: Irwin Law 2000). His most recent work, a five-volume compilation of leading IP articles, Intellectual Property Rights: Critical Concepts in Law (Routledge, 2006), demonstrates his endless fascination with IP. For a more detailed list of publications, please click here.
|The Honourable Justice Karen M. Weiler
Justice Weiler received her B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1967. After articling with Blake, Cassels & Graydon, she was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1969. She practised law with Weiler, Weiler and Maloney in Thunder Bay until 1972 when she returned to Toronto and entered the LL.M. program at Osgoode Hall. She received her LL.M. in 1974. She was counsel for the Ministry of the Attorney General and later became Senior Counsel in the Policy Development Division. Appointed to the former District Court of Ontario in 1980, and to the Ontario High Court, February 21, 1989, Justice Weiler was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on March 12, 1992. She was also appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court on July 26, 1995.Justice Weiler is fluent in French and presides over appeals in the French language. She has been a director of the American Judicature Society, the Canadian Judges Conference, and the International Association of Women Judges – Canadian Chapter. Justice Weiler has also served on the Justice Minister's Advisory Committee for Judicial Appointments. Over the course of her twenty-seven years on the bench, and now fifteen years as an appellate judge, Justice Weiler has written judgments in all areas of law: criminal, civil, constitutional, administrative, employment and labour law and municipal law.