Javad Heydary
Chairman & Managing Director
Practice Areas
Javad is a business lawyer whose practice is focused on commercial transactions, e-commerce and franchising law. In addition to his commercial practice, Javad also manages complex dispute resolution matters for a select group of clients. Javad is the Chairman & Managing Director of the firm.
Experience
Javad regularly advises clients on the following areas:
- Mergers & Acquisitions (Javad has been involved in a high number of transactions involving the purchase and sale of businesses in all sectors including technology companies, franchised systems & manufacturing operations)
- All aspects of E–commerce including online publishing, e–tailing & domain names
- Shareholder and partnership agreements & corporate governance matters
- International agreements for the sale of goods & services and licensing of technology
- Setting up franchise systems and negotiating franchise agreements including master franchises
- Trade–marks & copyright
- Online & email related defamation (libel & slander)
- Joint Ventures & distribution agreements
- Dispute resolution management:
- Complex commercial litigation
- Arbitration proceedings
- Franchise litigation
Professional Activities
Javad is an active member of the following organizations:
- Canadian Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Canadian IT Law Association
- Canadian Franchise Association
- Toronto Computer Lawyers Group (Former Treasurer)
- New York State Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Information Technology & E–commerce Section
Publications and Seminars
Javad has written and spoken on numerous occasions on issues relating to business law, franchising, information technology and e–commerce. His articles have appeared in leading legal publications such as the World Copyright Law Review and the World Internet Law Report. He is also regularly interviewed and quoted by mainstream media outlets such as ROB TV (Report on Business Television). For a list of Javad’s recent articles or seminars, see below.
Javad is also a columnist for the E-commerce Times (a leading global publication on e-business) and the managing editor of Laws of .Com, which is a bi-weekly publication covering legal developments in e-commerce.
Credentials
Javad received his J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto) and his B.A. with distinction (Political Science) from the University of Toronto.
He is a licensed lawyer in Canada and the U.S.; Javad is a member of the Ontario Bar and the New York Bar in addition to being a registered Canadian trade–mark agent.
Javad is fluent in Persian (Farsi) and conversant in Spanish.
Publications & Significant Cases
- Invasion of Privacy Court Ruling Could Be a Game-Changer
E-Commerce Times, March 16, 2012 - The push for legal online gambling in the U.S.
Business News Network, March 7, 2012 - Linsanity trademarked, but not by Jeremy Lin
Toronto Star, February 14, 2012 - Battle brewing over coffee logo
Toronto Star, January 19, 2012 - Ontario’s Top Court Reaffirms Fraud Finding in Landmark Case
Heydary Hamilton PC, December 8, 2011 - Who owns a Twitter account: you or your boss?
Toronto Star, December 27, 2011 - Problem Gamers - An Online Prospective In Light of the Court Decision in Burrell
Canadian Gaming Business Magazine Vol. 6 No. 2 - Investors seek justice after alleged fraud
Toronto Star, June 22, 2011 - Alleged fraud victims come looking for the lawyers
The Globe and Mail, June 21, 2011 - Ontario Court to Hear Appeal of Case Finding Fraud Involving Elderly American Investors and Leading Canadian Law Firm of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
CNW Newswire, June 15, 2011 - Governments & Online Gambling
Javad Heydary was interviewed by CKNW Radio (Michael Smyth Show), January 11, 2011 - Growing Trends Towards Government Sanctioned Online Gaming
E-Commerce Times, December 29, 2010 - Twitter Libel Lawsuits: Defamation in 140 Characters or Less
E-Commerce Times, November 22, 2010 - Fraud Ruling a Legal First
Financial Post, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 - Summary Judgment (Fraud) - (Bruno Appliance & Furniture, Inc. v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP et. al.)
- Inside the Rim: Decrypting the Blackberry
E-Commerce Times, September 28, 2010 - Online Gaming: Keeping up with the Joneses in the Global Community
E-Commerce Times, August 20, 2010 - Geo-blocking: Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole
E-Commerce Times, July 27, 2010 - US Patent Office Upholds Amazon 1-Click Patent
E-Commerce Times, March 2010
Contact Information
New clients call: (866) 439-3279
Current clients call: (416) 972-9001 Ext. 201
Fax: (416) 972-9940
New client inquiries: clientservices@heydary.com
E-mail: jheydary@heydary.com
TESTIMONIALS
“Javad: I just wanted to say thanks for coming in. You did a fantastic job of covering the issue in detail while keeping it simple and easy to understand. A television producer’s dream!”
Rob Moysey, Producer at BNN
“Heydary Hamilton is a firm with exceptional integrity and the highest level of expertise. Mr. Heydary and his competent staff of attorneys and legal experts has provided our group of plaintiffs the opportunity to pursue our case against all odds. For more than six years Heydary Hamilton has meticulously sought the evidence and litigated for us in Canadian courts regarding the fraud that was committed against us when we lost over a million of dollars of our life savings through a fraudulent scheme in Canada.”
“If you are an American and need to be represented in Canada, our group of twelve plaintiffs recommend Heydary Hamilton as one of Canada’s elite law firms.”
Dan Myers