Martin Kratz
Board Chair, Canadian Cloud Council
Martin Kratz, Q.C. leads the Intellectual Property Practice Group and co-leads the eCommerce practice for Bennett Jones LLP. Martin continues to be internationally recognized as a leading lawyer. Martin’s practice focuses primarily on information and privacy law, technology transactions and the protection and commercialization of intellectual property. Martin is the national co-director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s national Intellectual Property LLM program and teaches courses in that program as well as at Concordia University College. Martin is identified as one of Canada’s most creative lawyers by LEXPERT-Thomson in the US Guide to Canada’s 100 Most Creative Lawyers; as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in The LEXPERT/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in intellectual property law; as one of the “50 Best Lawyers in Canada”, by Corporate INTL Magazine, in IP Law; as one of the world’s leading lawyers in patent and technology licensing in IAM Licensing 250 – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Lawyers; as a pre-eminent lawyer in technology transactions by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Information Technology Lawyers; as a leading internet and e-commerce lawyer in Who’s Who Legal: Internet & e-Commerce; as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in Woodward White’s The Best Lawyers in Canada for intellectual property law, technology law and information technology law; as highly recommended in technology law by the Practicing Law Institute; ranked by Chambers and Partners for information technology law and intellectual property law; as a leading lawyer in Canada in the World Trademark Review 1000; as a pre-eminent lawyer in information techniology transactions in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Information Technology Lawyers; as a leading lawyer by Mondaq’s Guide to the World’s Leading Internet and E-Commerce Advisors; and as a leading lawyer in intellectual property and in information technology by Lawday. Martin was acknowledged as a leading intellectual property lawyer in Canada by the Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award, Intellectual Property Advisory Excellence in Canada. Martin has written over 285 publications on various topics involving intellectual property, technology law or on related topics including the following books as sole or co-author: Canadian Intellectual Property Law, 2nd Ed., 2010; IP&IT Handbook 2011/10 Volume 2: Data Protection – Canada, 2008; PLC Outsourcing (Canada) 2011; Licensing 2007 (loose leaf service); Electronic Commerce Law 2003 (loose leaf service); Trademarks and Industrial Designs, 2002; Internet Law: A Business and Professional Guide, 1998 (Canada’s 1st Internet law text); Obtaining Patents, 2nd Ed., 1999; Protection of Copyright and Industrial Design, 1999, 2nd Ed.; Information Systems Security: A Practitioner’s Guide, 1994 2nd Ed. 2003; The Computer Virus Crisis, 1992, 2nd Ed.; and Control and Security of Computer Information Systems, 1988.
Martin Kratz, Q.C. leads the Intellectual Property Practice Group and co-leads the eCommerce practice for Bennett Jones LLP. Martin continues to be internationally recognized as a leading lawyer. Martin’s practice focuses primarily on information and privacy law, technology transactions and the protection and commercialization of intellectual property. Martin is the national co-director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s national Intellectual Property LLM program and teaches courses in that program as well as at Concordia University College. Martin is identified as one of Canada’s most creative lawyers by LEXPERT-Thomson in the US Guide to Canada’s 100 Most Creative Lawyers; as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in The LEXPERT/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in intellectual property law; as one of the “50 Best Lawyers in Canada”, by Corporate INTL Magazine, in IP Law; as one of the world’s leading lawyers in patent and technology licensing in IAM Licensing 250 – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Lawyers; as a pre-eminent lawyer in technology transactions by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Information Technology Lawyers; as a leading internet and e-commerce lawyer in Who’s Who Legal: Internet & e-Commerce; as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in Woodward White’s The Best Lawyers in Canada for intellectual property law, technology law and information technology law; as highly recommended in technology law by the Practicing Law Institute; ranked by Chambers and Partners for information technology law and intellectual property law; as a leading lawyer in Canada in the World Trademark Review 1000; as a pre-eminent lawyer in information techniology transactions in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Information Technology Lawyers; as a leading lawyer by Mondaq’s Guide to the World’s Leading Internet and E-Commerce Advisors; and as a leading lawyer in intellectual property and in information technology by Lawday. Martin was acknowledged as a leading intellectual property lawyer in Canada by the Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award, Intellectual Property Advisory Excellence in Canada. Martin has written over 285 publications on various topics involving intellectual property, technology law or on related topics including the following books as sole or co-author: Canadian Intellectual Property Law, 2nd Ed., 2010; IP&IT Handbook 2011/10 Volume 2: Data Protection – Canada, 2008; PLC Outsourcing (Canada) 2011; Licensing 2007 (loose leaf service); Electronic Commerce Law 2003 (loose leaf service); Trademarks and Industrial Designs, 2002; Internet Law: A Business and Professional Guide, 1998 (Canada’s 1st Internet law text); Obtaining Patents, 2nd Ed., 1999; Protection of Copyright and Industrial Design, 1999, 2nd Ed.; Information Systems Security: A Practitioner’s Guide, 1994 2nd Ed. 2003; The Computer Virus Crisis, 1992, 2nd Ed.; and Control and Security of Computer Information Systems, 1988.
