
Rescue Revolution:
Pioneering Breakthroughs in Emergency Services
Join us at Oshawa’s Fire Station 5 on Oct. 29 as we spotlight some of the Region’s most promising startups in Emergency Services.



Join Tony Orsi and Ray Kovarik from Bereskin & Parr LLP to learn about International Patent Protection and Software and Business Methods Patents.
During this workshop you’ll learn techniques to determine whether patent protection applies to innovations in the software and business model fields. They will also discuss international patent filing strategies for inventions in different technical fields.
About Tony Orsi
Tony Orsi is a partner and patent agent with Bereskin & Parr LLP and a member of the firm’s Patent, Electrical & Computer Technology and Industrial Designs practice groups. Tony’s practice focuses on patents in the electrical, biomedical, software, mechanical and cleantech fields with an emphasis on evaluating new technologies, patent searching, patent drafting and IP management strategies. Tony works with startups and entrepreneurs to help them learn about IP, to develop their IP strategy and to build their IP portfolio.
About Ray Kovarik
Ray Kovarik is an associate in the Electrical & Computer Technology practice group at Bereskin & Parr. He has assisted companies of various sizes from start-ups to major international companies on drafting and prosecuting patent applications, as well as patentability searches and freedom to operate opinions. His work involves various technologies including artificial intelligence, financial technology, and medical devices. He has also written articles related to computer-implemented inventions, natural language processing, and robotics.