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rshukla@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 642 7456
Fax: 416 640 3069

Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
Canada

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Ravi Shukla

Ravi’s practice focuses on information technology and Internet law with an emphasis on intellectual property law.

Although he at one time had a significant involvement in litigation matters before a variety of levels of court, Ravi now approaches his practice primarily from the standpoint of a solicitor and is extremely knowledgeable on both the technology and the business issues that his clients face. He acts in an ongoing capacity for significant suppliers of information technology products and services as well as significant customers of those products and services and projects arising from those relationships. Ravi’s work includes outsourcing projects and includes the acquisition of outsourced services from Canadian financial institutions.

Ravi is extremely knowledgeable in structuring agreements relating to technology enterprises, technology development, licensing and transfers. He has significant experience obtaining, licensing and enforcing patent and trade secret rights, as well as counselling clients concerning the protection of privacy rights, confidential information and other intellectual property assets. Ravi has a strong background in matters involving on-line marketing and promotions, and has served on the boards of both public and private organizations ranging in size from large multi-billion dollar enterprises to technology focused start-ups.

Ravi’s broad range of experience includes:

• Advising JFS Inc., an affiliate of Loblaws Inc., on the ongoing technology and infrastructure matters in connection with the retail expansion of Joe Fresh into the US
• Advising a Canadian grocery chain on the national rollout of its point-of-sale software and associated services deal in excess of CDN$25 million
• Acting as counsel to Rogers Communications Inc. on its outsourcing services agreement with Hewitt Associates LLC valued in excess of $100 million
• Advising Canada’s sole provider of radio and television ratings with respect to information technology matters in a joint venture with the leading provider of television audience measurement and related services worldwide, thus creating a single consistent measurement system for the television industry in Canada
• Advising Rogers Communications Inc. on information technology matters during its implementation of Amdocs latest billing products and services across Rogers' wireless, cable and telecom businesses
• Advising Rogers Wireless Partnership on its hosting arrangement with Comverse Inc. to launch mobile instant messaging based on Comverse's Mobile IM solution
• Advising a major multi-national insurance company on information technology matters during its acquisition of an accident and sickness, liability, property and automobile insurance company for approximately $310 million
• Advising a global leader in business communications on intellectual property and information technology matters during its acquisition of a premiere developer of embedded, peer-to-peer call processing software for $46 million
• Advising a national Canadian grocery chain during the re-negotiation of a relationship-defining agreement with a national telecommunications company

Ravi is a frequent writer, speaker and presenter on matters within his professional interest and has an ongoing relationship with the Banff Centre New Media Institute, where he speaks on Internet Law matters and provides mentoring to Canadian and foreign producers of new media content.

Select Publications, Appearances and Presentations

• Speaker, “Electronic Contracts: Click Wrap and Browse Wrap Agreements,” The Legal and Practical Guide to Protecting Your Brand on the Web and in Social Media, Osgoode Professional Development, September 26, 2011
• Speaker, “Privacy Breach Guidelines & Practices,” 5th Managing Privacy Compliance Course, Federated Press, March 29, 2012
• Speaker, “Privacy and Outsourcing,” Lexpert’s Information Privacy and Data Protection Conference, November 2010
• Speaker, "Service Level Agreements in Hosted Software Services (SaaS) Agreements," AceTech Roundtable, November 2010
• "The Benefits and Risks of Outsourcing," paper presented to the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, National Spring Conference, April 2010
• Speaker, "Understanding Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Issues," Banff New Media Institute and Telefilm Canada, December 2009
• Speaker, "Information Privacy and Data Protection Conference," November 2009
• Featured, "Social Media Tripping Up Litigants," (Robert Todd), Law Times, November 2009
• Guest, Segment on the agreement between Facebook and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, (Stephen LeDrew), CP24, August 2009
• Featured, "CIPPIC Encourages Advocacy on Canadian Copyright Law," (Jennifer Kavur), Computer World Canada, August 2009
• Co-author, "New Rules on Outsourcing Business Activities," (with H. Lefton), International Law Office, July 2009
• "Staying Tuned 2009," BBM Canada, February 2009
• Speaker, "Sustain," Interactive Screen 0.8, Banff New Media Institute, August 2008
• Presenter, "Outsourcing: How to Navigate the Minefields," ( with E. Kydd), Ethidex User Group Meeting, May, 2008
• Speaker, "User Friendly is not Enough," Interactive Screen 0.7, Banff New Media Institute, August 2007
• Moderator, "The Business Case for Outsourcing: IT and Legal Services," 2007 Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) National Spring Conference, April 2007
• Mentor, "Interactive Project Lab (IPL) - Cross Platform Mentorship Lab," Banff New Media Institute, October 2006
• Speaker, "Life in the Creative Commons," Interactive Screen 0.6 Margins: Media: Migrations, Banff New Media Institute, August 2006
• Speaker, "Survival, Revival, Reunion:  From Platform Media to Mobility," Interactive Screen 0.5/ Money and Law, Banff New Media Institute, August 2005
• Speaker, "Nuts and Bolts of Private Sector Privacy Law in Canada: What you Need to Know," CRM Presentation: Privacy and Regulation, February 2003
• Speaker, "Video Conferencing: When is Meeting Online an Acceptable Substitute to Meeting in Person?" Netlaw 2002, The Canadian Institute's 7th Annual Symposium, March 2002
• Speaker, "New Challenges for the Legal Community - A Look at the Road Ahead," Internet Emerging On-Line Trends and Legal Implications, Toronto, September 2001
• Speaker, "Privacy Law and Internet Jurisdiction Related Issues," Producing New Media: Money and Law Conference, July 2001
• Speaker, "Protecting Trade Marks, Domain Names and Copyright Outline, Jurisdictional Issues, Privacy and e-Contracting," Advising Information Technology Businesses, June 2001
• Speaker, "Mastering the Challenges of Mobile E-Commerce," Mobile E-Commerce Conference, Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, February 2001
• Speaker, "Wireless E-Commerce," Insight Information Conference, June 2000
• Speaker, "Internet Laws and your Business," April 2000

Education

LL.B., Queen's University, 1986
B.A.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), University of Toronto, 1983

Achievements

• Registered Trade-Mark Agent

Call to the bar

Ontario, 1988

Associations

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
• ALAI Canada