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Bernice Karn

Bernice Karn is a partner in the Information, Communications & Entertainment Group at Cassels Brock where she practises intellectual property law, with an emphasis on technology, licensing and distribution issues. Bernice acts for clients involved in software distribution, data management, outsourcing and data security. She also advises on privacy issues.

Prior to joining Cassels Brock, Bernice was in-house counsel for a global manufacturer of personal communication products where her corporate and commercial practice focused on intellectual property, competition law, franchising and secured transactions. Most recently, Bernice was General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Director of Real Estate at one of Canada’s largest specialty retailers.

Bernice has lectured frequently at various technology-related seminars and most recently has been speaking on software acquisition issues, e-commerce, Canadian privacy legislation and trade secret law. In addition, she is the co-author of a "Quick Reference" text published by Carswell on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Bernice joined Cassels Brock in 2000. She co-chaired the 2003 OBA Annual Institute Program on Outsourcing. She is the past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Information Technology Section, and a member of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Licensing Executives' Society (Internet and E-commerce Committee), the IT-Canada Ad Hoc Committee on Privacy, the IT-Canada Outsourcing Committee, the Sheridan College E-Commerce Program Advisory Committee and is a past Chair of the Cassels Brock Women's Networking Group.

Education

M.B.A., Schulich School of Business, 1999 (with distinction)
LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1984
B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1981

Achievements

• Certified Licensing Professional
• The 2010 Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers (Information Technology)

Call to the bar

Ontario, 1986

Associations

• American Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Corporate Counsel, Toronto Chapter (Member-at-Large, Executive Committee)
• Licensing Executives' Society (Internet and E-commerce Committee)
• Ontario Bar Association (Immediate Past Chair, Information Technology Section Executive Committee)
• Toronto Computer Lawyers Group

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