Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2016-05-12
Invested on: 2017-05-12
David Vaver, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario
For his leadership in intellectual property law as a scholar and mentor.
David Vaver is Canada’s preeminent scholar of intellectual property law. A professor at Osgoode Hall, a professor emeritus at Oxford University, and the former director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, he has improved society’s ability to contend with the legal implications of technological change. He is relied on by the courts for the balance that his work strikes between the rights of intellectual property holders and users, and he has served as an advisor to governments around the world seeking to modernize their intellectual property regimes.