Bruce M. Green was called to the Ontario Bar in 1981 and the British Columbia Bar in 1984. He is a past recipient of the Performing Rights Organization of Canada Copyright Award for the best learned paper on the law of copyright. He was also co-recipient of the J. Edward Maybee prize for highest results on the patent agents' examinations. Mr. Green has been an adjunct professor of the Law Faculty of the University of British Columbia since 1986, lecturing on the subject of copyright. He has published numerous papers on intellectual property law and litigation. He is a former Chairman of the Computer Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) and a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Mr. Green practises in all areas of intellectual property law and litigation and appears regularly in the Federal Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of British Columbia and the B.C. Court of Appeal in intellectual property causes. His patent practice is primarily in the software, computer, electrical, business methods and mechanical areas.