Mr Jason L. Howg Partner Borden Ladner Gervais LLP - Lawyer Biography - International Law Office

Background

Jason Howg is a partner, lawyer, patent agent and trade-mark agent in our Calgary office. He was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2000 after graduating with a law degree from the University of Alberta in 1999 and became a patent agent and trade-mark agent in 2004.

Prior to his legal career he completed a business degree (with Distinction) from the University of Regina, majoring in corporate finance.

Mr. Howg has consulted, worked and taught in the information technology, computer, software and internet fields. More specifically, he was a software consultant (including providing database, software and website design and development services) and has taught computer courses at a university level.

Areas of Practice

• Mr. Howg focuses his legal practice on technology law including the areas of information technology (IT), software and hardware, e-commerce/e-business, website, internet and computer law and has recently focussed on providing services in the health informatics area.
• Mr. Howg’s patent practice focuses on information technology-related technologies, computer and software technologies, business methods and mechanical devices.
• He further practices in other intellectual property areas including the trade-mark, copyright, trade secret, confidential information and industrial design areas.

Professional Experience

• Negotiates, drafts and reviews information technology agreements including software development agreements, software license agreements, software support and maintenance agreements, professional services agreements, hardware acquisition agreements, source code escrow agreements, data access agreements, distribution agreements, multimedia licensing agreements and consulting and outsourcing agreements.
• Negotiates, drafts and reviews intellectual property agreements and technology agreements including patent, trade-mark, copyright and trade secret assignments, licenses and transfer agreements.
• Provides services in all areas of patent law. Services include drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications internationally (with a focus on organizations’ computer, software, IT and business method technology) as well as conducting patentability searches and preparing patentability, validity and infringement opinions.
• Conducts intellectual property audits and due diligence audits for organizations seeking investment or engaging in transactions.
• Provides advice, in conjunction with litigation counsel, on intellectual property infringement matters and ownership disputes.
• Provides advice in the area of trade secrets and confidential information and negotiates, drafts and reviews confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
• Negotiates, drafts and reviews acceptable e-mail and internet use policies, website use policies, privacy policies, discussion and chat room disclaimers and on-line sales agreements as well as website development, hosting and content agreements.
• Conducts website audits including reviewing websites for appropriate website use agreements, privacy policies and copyright and trademark use.
• Increases client awareness of issues in his practice areas by presenting seminars and papers. Recent seminars and papers include topics such as intellectual property and patent primers, intellectual property ownership between employers/employees and client/consultants, e-mail law, the intersection of trade-marks and domain names, employee e-mail surveillance and internet challenges for internet businesses.

Professional and Community Activities

• Associate of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
• Member, IT.Can (Canadian IT Law Association)
• Member, Intellectual Property/Technology Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Alberta South)
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch

Practice areas to which Jason L. Howg belongs:

• Entertainment Law
• Information Technology
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Agency
• Private Company