The Harold G. Fox Cup is awarded to the best moot team, and like the moot is named in honour of Harold Fox.
Harold Fox led a varied and productive life and built a distinguished career as a lawyer, academic, businessman and author. Born in 1896, he was called to the Ontario Bar in 1919 and became King’s Counsel in 1939. His legal career in intellectual property law began in the 1920s with his collaboration with Fred Fetherstonhaugh, who was by that time already a leading figure in Canadian IP law. Over the course of his career, Dr. Fox studied extensively obtaining a healthy roster of degrees. He taught at Osgoode Hall in the field of Intellectual Property, became a Fellow of the Patent Institute in 1931 and its President in 1938.
Harold Fox died in 1969 he left his wife of many years but no children. Following the death of his wife in 1984, much of his estate was donated to the Harold G. Fox Education Fund, which has helped many young lawyers and is responsible for an annual exchange of lawyers between England and Canada.
Many thanks to The Harold G. Fox Education Fund website for biographical information.
