Information Technology and Telecommunications
To stay competitive, businesses turn to technology.
The regulation of technological innovations, however, is intensifying which, in turn, gives rise to a number of related business issues.
BCF’s expertise in intellectual property, law, and finance has earned us recognition as a leader in the technology and telecommunications sectors. We advise some of the largest companies in the world on the legal, regulatory, and business challenges that new technology poses for their companies. We guide clients through the legal implications of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, the “Internet of Things”, cryptocurrency, smart contracts, and data privacy and cyber security. We help them to identify and anticipate the risks associated with IT failures and unwanted intruders and to seize the business opportunities that accompany such innovation.
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As a full service law firm, BCF is able to draw upon a broad range of legal and other professionals, such as engineers and PhDs, to direct clients developing, implementing, and using AI as a foundation for their business.
Given that AI almost always evolves faster than the law, BCF frequently directs clients on matters involving civil liability, the effects of algorithmic biases, the rights, responsibilities, and accountability of non-human entities, and the protection of intellectual property related to AI. We ensure that our clients are fully compliant with Canadian and European data protection laws and regulations so that business models built upon or using predictive analytics, biometrics, and geo-localisation, among others, are fully compliant.
As a full-service law firm, BCF is able to draw upon a team of professionals both to advise clients and to represent them in matters concerning the Internet and social media.
We help design and draft social media policies and best practices. We provide risk assessments and employee training. We also structure and help implement data protection programs. Our media and crisis management team advises on how to avoid embarrassing reputational damage leaks. It also acts quickly to mitigate the effects of a crisis should one arise.
In a sector where technology changes faster than the law, the value BCF brings to ITT clients is our ability to anticipate trends and advise accordingly.
Our multidisciplinary team counsels and represents clients on cross-border transactions, tax, regulatory approvals, intellectual property protection and defence, financing, restructuring, outsourcing, competition law, investigations, and public inquiries. As a firm that is recognised for its strength in technology, our clients include businesses that are not only using but developing cutting-edge technology such as behavioural advertising, wireless devices, spectrum sensing and management technologies, robotics, and drones.
BCF’s reputation as a leading law firm in the area of technology and innovation rests on its solid understanding of how to protect and commercialise intellectual property in general and software in particular.
Our team of commercial law experts negotiates and drafts software development agreements, licensing and distribution agreements, commercialisation contracts, end-user licenses, call centre agreements and web-linking agreements. We also advise on strategic alliances and other commercial relationships that maximise the value of our clients’ software. BCF’s intellectual property team ensures that our clients’ designs are protected, their trademarks registered, and their domain names reserved. We work closely with our dispute resolution team to ensure that conflicts are either avoided or resolved quickly and efficiently.
BCF’s multidisciplinary team advises and represents a broad range of private and public-sector clients in the telecommunications industry.
In addition to transactional M&A expertise, BCF provides financial services, tax, regulatory, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and employment advice to telecommunications companies, government bodies, regulators, and financial institutions. Telecommunications service suppliers and customers turn to BCF for practical, industry-savvy advice to structure their transactions and negotiate their commercial agreements. We also help avoid potential conflicts and act rapidly to solve them if and when they arise.
