Ariadni Athanassiadis 

Attorney, consultant and educator

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We can use laws to nurture our common humanity or to create divisions between us. Intellectual property laws offer us a fine example of how we can unite, rather than separate.

 

Ariadni Athanassiadis is a Canadian IP attorney with a unique and conscious take on IP laws, which she applies in her Ottawa practice. 

 

We delve into her reimagined IP paradigm, which is a much more effective and productive approach to nurturing the wellspring of creativity that lies in each of us, for the collective good.

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Bio

Show notes

Links

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Bio:

I am an intellectual property and contracts legal professional practicing to support solopreneurs, creatives and small business. My passion has always been to creatively empower others. My wisdom path as a professional nomad has guided me to appreciate how our joyful expression in relationship with one another can bring about creative harmonics and generative outcomes for communities.  Each phase of my own education and work experience has allowed me to be of service as an educator, volunteer in not for profit initiatives, and consultant exploring how the arts and sciences can be reunified to weave wisdom with wonder by applying intentional mentorship practices to foster collaboration. 

 

On the current leg of my journey I am seeking to serve the diverse and complex needs of the multi-cultural communities I live and work within, through facilitation and conflict resolution practices. I hold within me the curiosity to better understand how cultural practices (e.g. arts, religion, ritual, education, governance institutions) enrich and shackle us, and how intercultural exchange on different levels impacts living in peaceful society with one another.

 

All of these passages in my life have opened up to me spiritual and soul level consciousness about how our creative life force can be nurtured working inter-relationally with the ‘sandboxes’ of intellectual property and contract law as part of my professional practice.

 

Show notes:

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[2:17] Ariadni describes her  vision of intellectual property laws which honour the creativity of our Source essence and empowers the flow of that wellspring of creativity through us.

[11:22] Ariadni explains how she deals with notions of fear, scarcity and protection through her unique method which blends coaching and legal advice.

[19:37] How Ariadni's vision cane be maintained even by large corporations dealing with IP as opposed to solopreneurs and smaller enterprises.

[27:16] A beautiful retelling from Ariadni of how she shaped her vision of a new approach to IP laws, taking in Indigenous approaches and her own Greek heritage.

[39:14] Ariadni has practical advice for lawyers looking to practise IP law differently - get out into the community and learn from your clients!

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Links:

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Kyma Professional Corporation, Ariadni's law practice: www.kymalaw.com

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Kahlil Gibran's classic, The Prophet​

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A Beautiful Constraint by Adam Morgan & Mark Bardon about the impact of everyday constraints on inventiveness​

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The Alphabet vs The Goddess, by Leonard Schlain about how the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations

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