Bio
David Durand is the co-founder of MVIP Solutions, Inc., and an intellectual property (IP) lawyer and board member of FORPIQ and AIoT Canada. He is co-author of the Simple Agreement for Innovation Licensing (SAIL) framework (www.howtoSAIL.ca) and has appeared before the standing committees on finance as well as science and research on the support for the commercialization of IP. David has also contributed a chapter titled “What’s the Big Idea? The Crossroads Between Investment and IP” in Intellectual Property Management for Start-Ups (Springer, 2023); an article on closing the gender gap in WIPO Magazine; and another article on national security in The Globe and Mail. His full biography can be found at www.daviddurand.ca.