Michael Erdle
Practical Resolutions Inc.
400- 150 York Street
Toronto, ON, M5H 3S5
Canada
Partner, Deeth Williams Wall LLP, 1994 to present; Associate, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Toronto, 1988-1994.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow); ADR Institute of Canada (Chartered Arbitrator).
International Chamber of Commerce, Canada; World Intellectual Property Organization; International Trademark Association; Independent Film and Television Association; IP Neutrals of Canada; British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center; Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan.
Appointed sole arbitrator in more than 30 matters since 2005. These include, in the past five years: 2015 – interim arbitrator in application for urgent interim measures under ADR Institute of Canada Arbitration Rules; 2015 – IFTA arbitration; 2014 – technology development contract dispute; 2013 – computer system implementation agreement dispute; 2013 – telecom services contract dispute (med/arb); 2012 – software development services dispute; 2012 – software licensing dispute; 2010 – development and ownership dispute; 2013-2015 – motor vehicle arbitrations (CAMVAP).
Bi-monthly Dispute Resolution Column, Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine, 2012-2015, http://www.slaw.ca/author/erdle/; “Dispute Resolution Boards – A New Model for Dispute Management in Complex IT Projects”, Toronto, Ontario Bar Association Technology Section Newsletter, July and September 2010; “Resolving IT Disputes through ADR”, co-author with Colm Brannigan, Toronto, Ontario Bar Association Technology Section Newsletter, 200y and 2008; “International Arbitration of IT Disputes: Drafting and Enforcing Effective Arbitration Clauses,” Canadian IT Law Association, Toronto, May 2005; “Trade-Marks and Domain Names (Arbitration of domain name disputes)” McGill University, Montreal, Annual course from 2001 to 2013.