Our Expertise
We are a leading Canadian intellectual property (IP) agency and technology law boutique specializing in copyrights, domain names, trade-marks, industrial designs, mobile and e-commerce. As an IP agency we provide opinions (clearance, validity and infringement), prepare, file, prosecute and renew IP rights.
Our IP and technology legal services cover advertising, anti-counterfeiting, trade secrets, commercial transactions involving IP assets including licensing, purchase and sale of businesses or their assets, due diligence, franchising, marketing, merchandiising, litigation and techonolgy commercialization agreements.
Our experience, resources and specialized expertise, typically found at larger firms, help produce consistently superior results for our clients and set us apart from others. We provide our clients with a highly individualized focus on their matters, efficiently and cost-effectively.
Local link to a global marketplace
With a Canada-wide practice, we represent domestic and international clients of all sizes in IP and technology law matters throughout Canada and internationally.
Our clients' IP assets are secured and managed outside Canada through our network of foreign associates in over 70 countries, as well as our involvement in several global associations including the European Communities Trademark Association, the International Trademark Assoication (INTA), Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), MARQUES, Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group (PTMG) and Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété intellectuelle (AIPPI).
Recognition
Updated quarterly, the loose-leaf manual Odutola on Canadian Trade-mark Practice, published by Thomson Carswell is an industry standard used by practitioners, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Courts. For instance, in the 2006 judgment of Attorney General (Quebec) v. St-Germain Transport (1994) Inc., the Court cited with approval our manual to exempt an unregistered trade-mark from the French language requirements of the Quebec Charter of the French Language.
Recognition by the Law Society of Upper Canada, the professional body that regulates lawyers in Ontario, as one of the few dual certified specialists in IP Law (Trade-mark/copyright).
