Doug Copland advises clients in corporate commercial law matters, focusing on finding effective and practical solutions to their business matters. He specializes in corporate and commercial matters, broadly advising privately held businesses; corporate governance, with a focus on cooperative associations and similarly constituted entities; information technology, including the acquisition of computer systems and software and related services; intellectual property, covering all areas of the creation, protection, exploitation, and enforcement of trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and other IP rights. Doug is a member of the Canadian Technology Law Association and the Licensing Executives' Society. Since 2008, he has been recognized every year in The Best Lawyers in Canada.