Alan Macek

• Tivo Solutions Inc. and Rovi Guides Inc. v Videotron Ltd (T-921-17) - represented Videotron against patent infringement allegations relating to electronic program guides and personal video recording technology including in Canada’s first virtual patent trial
• Canadian Energy Services Inc v Secure Energy Services Inc (2020 ABQB 473) - represented the patentee, CES, in patent infringement proceedings relating to downhole oil and gas technology
• WRNCH Inc. - assisting with patent strategy and patent prosecution on computer vision technology (US10,949,658)
• Spin Master Ltd. v Mattel Inc. (T-1231-17) and Spin Master Ltd. v Alpha Group (T-222-18) - represented the patentee, Spin Master Ltd., in the enforcement of its patent relating to its successful Bakugan toys
• E. Mishan & Sons Inc. et al. v Supertek Canada Inc. et al. (T-1112-13) – represented the patentee and a licensee in a patent infringement proceeding relating to consumer products
• Magna Powertrain Inc. v Stackpole Powertrain International ULC (T-1274-12) – represented a patentee in asserting an automotive oil pump patent against a competitor
• Valence Technology Inc. v Phostech Lithium Inc. (T-219-07) – represented a patentee assert its patent on lithium-ion battery technology
• DataTreasury Corporation v Royal Bank of Canada et al (T-1472-07) - represented several of the banks in defending patent infringement litigation relating to computerized check processing technology

• Best Lawyers in Canada (Intellectual Property Law) 2021-2025
• Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Intellectual Property), 2019-2024; (Litigation: Intellectual Property) 2019-2023
• Lexpert® ALM 500 Directory (Intellectual Property), 2022-2024
• Listed in Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences, 2023-2024
• The Legal 500 Canada (Intellectual Property), 2019-2020, 2022-2024
• Managing Intellectual Property (IP Star: Patent), 2018-2022, 2024
• IAM Patents 1000, (Litigation) 2016-2024

• Co-author, "Intellectual Property in an AI World", Thomson Reuters Legal Update, May 25, 2023
• Contributor, "Patent Litigation - Canada," chapter of Chambers Global Practice Guides (2022-2023)
• Contributor, "Patent Litigation 2022," Chambers Global Practice Guides
• Canadian Patent Office’s approach to computer-implemented inventions rejected by Federal Court, 9 Sep 2020
• Trade Secrets in Canada - now strengthened with criminal remedies, 24 Mar 2020
• Deadlines suspended at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, 23 Mar 2020
• Canadian patent rules streamlined, 2 Oct 2019
• “Federal Court’s Jurisdiction over contractual intellectual property issues”, Slaw, November 2020
• Co-author, "Risks and Benefits of Blockchain Patents", Electronic Commerce & Law Report, July 5, 2017
• "Protecting FinTech Innovation," Slaw, January 2017
• Co-author, Intellectual Property chapter, Canadian Commercial Law Guide, CCH
• "Jail time used in trademark enforcement," The Lawyers Weekly, November 25, 2016
• "Is File History Estoppel Coming to Canada?," Slaw, September 2016
• Co-author, "Protecting websites in the copycat age," The Lawyers Weekly, June 2015
• Co-author, “Patents”, Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and Remedies (Toronto: Ontario: Thomson Reuters)
• Co-author, “Computer-Related Disputes”, Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and ‎Remedies (Toronto: Ontario: Thomson Reuters)‎

• Speaker, "Intellectual property, ethical, and legal implications of AI in commercial activity", PharmaBrands, June 18, 2024
• Panelist, "Mastering the Use of E-filing and E-trial Tools in the Federal Court", The Ontario Bar Association, April 10, 2024
• Speaker, "Generative AI (ChatGPT) and Related Legal Issues", 13th Business Law Summit, Law Society of Ontario, November 9, 2023
• Panelist, “Are the Robots Taking Over? A Debate that AI Be Considered a Creator/Inventor”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Annual General Meeting, September 29, 2022
• Panelist, "IP Blogs: the most efficient tool for sharing IP knowledge worldwide", World IP Forum, April 26 to May 5, 2021
• Panelist, "Patent Litigation by Zoom, Pros and Cons", Ninth Annual University Toronto Patent Colloquium, November 20, 2020
• Speaker, "Dealing with Experts Remotely - the Virtual Trial", Ontario Bar Association, November 18, 2020 
• Panelist, “File Wrapper Estoppel in Canada and the United States: What You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Annual General Meeting, October 2, 2020.
• Panelist, "The Virtual IP Court Hearing: What You Should Know Before You 'Zoom' into Court", Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, July 10, 2020
• Speaker, "Ethical Dilemmas in IP," 23rd Intellectual Property Law: The Year in Review, Law Society of Ontario, January 17, 2019
• Speaker, "Your Comprehensive Guide to Blockchain", Ontario Bar Association, June 18, 2018
• Speaker, "Bitcoin, Blockchain, and IP Law", CBA Intellectual Property Section, The Canadian Bar Association, May 31, 2018 
• Speaker, "Blockchain, Smart Contracts & Al: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Technologies", Ontario Bar Association, February 7, 2018
• Speaker, "Updating Your Toolkit for Fighting Obviousness Issues Post-Sanofi", Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Annual Meeting, October 12, 2017
• Co-presenter, "Are you protecting your intellectual property?", Toronto Public Library - Small Business Network, March 29, 2017
• Co-presenter, “Decoding the Framework of Double Patenting: Legal Issues and Insights Uncovered!”, The Knowledge Group, October 24, 2016

MEDIA MENTION

• Quoted, "Virtual patent trials: what we can learn from Canada", Managing Intellectual Property, July 2020
• Quoted, "Proceedings in first-ever Zoom trial at Federal Court met with praise by judge, counsel", The Lawyer's Daily, June 26, 2020
• Quoted, "Free Trade deal impacts IP", Law Times, December 10, 2018
• Quoted, "Canada's Patent Agreement with Europe Extended until 2021", The Lawyers Daily, February 16, 2018
• Quoted, "Cases to look out for in 2017 – Canada", Managing Intellectual Property, January 2017
• Quoted, "IP law changes coming after Europe deal", Law Times, December 5, 2016