David Spratley

Associate, Vancouver

David Spratley practises in the areas of intellectual property, technology, e-commerce, video game law, privacy law, and franchise and distribution.

Biographie
Associations
Publications
Événements
In The Media
Blogues

He advises clients primarily on issues such as:

Creating, protecting, enforcing and commercializing intellectual property rights
Developing, distributing, licensing and supporting software, video games and other technology
Complying with federal and provincial privacy legislation
Establishing and protecting franchise systems and other distribution systems

Born and raised in Vancouver, David graduated with an honours degree in political science from the University of British Columbia and then temporarily forsook the west coast to obtain both a bachelor of laws and a masters of library and information studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He returned to Vancouver article with Davis and joined the firm's Technology & Outsourcing and Intellectual Property practice groups upon his call to the bar in 2002.

From October 2008 through April 2010 David worked in-house for a large public healthcare organization where he advised on legal issues and strategies in a wide range of areas, including information technology, life sciences, business and commercial initiatives, privacy, human resources, communications, procurement and facilities.

Professional Associations & Activities

Registered Canadian Trade-mark Agent
Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
Chair, Computer Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, 2004-2006
Vice-chair, Computer Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, 2003-2004
Secretary, Computer Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, 2002-2003

Publications

Événements

14th Negotiating & Drafting Major Business Agreements
Federated Press
lundi, 12 mars 2012
mars 2012
5th Annual Internet Law Conference - 2011
Federated Press
jeudi, 3 mars 2011
mars 2011
Vancouver International Game Summit - 2007
David Spratley Presented an interactive workshop session on Intellectual Capital for Game Companies [more]
mardi, 1 mai 2007
mai 2007

In The News

David Spratley Quoted in Vancouver Sun Article Regarding Thwarted Copyright Levy on Digital Music Players
First published in the Vancouver Sun, Saruday, January 12, 2008 | Fiona Anderson Who Has the Right to Copy What? A levy on iPods and MP3 players has been turfed in court, but the squabble doesn't [more]
lundi, 14 janvier 2008
David Spratley Quoted in Business In Vancouver Regarding Second Life
First published in Business in Vancouver November 6-12, 2007; issue 941 | Curt Cherewayko Taxing events in your business Second Life The virtual world that’s being used to generate real [more]
mardi, 13 novembre 2007
Davis LLP is First Canadian Law Firm to Open Office in Second Life
Davis LLP is excited to be the first Canadian law firm to open an office in Second Life. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, [more]
lundi, 24 septembre 2007
Chris Bennett and David Spratley Speak at the Vancouver International Game Summit
Chris Bennett and David Spratley spoke with programmers, artists, game designers, producers and studio leads on the topic of law in the video game industry. The workshop provided a general overview [more]
dimanche, 29 avril 2007
Le blogue de Davis sur les jeux vidéo reçoit un prix
Le blogue de Davis traitant des lois régissant les jeux vidéo et auquel contribuent Chris Bennett, David Spratley, Pablo Guzman, et Tudor Carsten, s’est vu décerner le « [more]
vendredi, 16 décembre 2005
Davis LLP Advises Harman Canada Co. in US$138 Million Acquisition of QNX Software Systems Ltd.
Harman Canada Co., a subsidiary of Harman International Industries, Inc. acquired QNX Software Systems Ltd. for a purchase price of US$138 million. QNX is a world leader in the development, licensing [more]
mardi, 30 novembre 2004