Sentences with phrase «trademark agent»

Our intellectual property lawyers and trademark agents regularly assist businesses and government offices with protection of their valuable trademarks.

The United States hopped on the bandwagon in 2003, but even so, companies in the U.S. haven't used it as widely as expected, says trademark agent Michael Manson, a partner at Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh in Vancouver.

As to trademark agents see Visa International Service Assn. v. Visa Travel International Ltd. (1983),... [more]

LuAnne Morrow is counsel and regional leader of our Calgary Intellectual Property Group and is as well a commercial media and branding lawyer and registered Canadian trademark agent.

Interestingly, lawyers who are not licensed as trademark agents in Canada, may not file trademarks in Canada on behalf of their clients.

However, the Madrid system is really just a centralized filing program, explains trademark agent Cynthia Rowden, a partner at Bereskin & Parr LLP in Toronto.

Canada already imports substantially more intellectual property than it exports, and the Madrid system will make it easier for European companies with large trademark portfolios to cover off Canada without any extra hassle, so Canada may end up on the receiving end of a flood of marks, says trademark agent Marcus Gallie, a partner at Ridout & Maybee LLP in Ottawa.

«If we were to go the international route, even national applications would have to be filed identifying the number of classes covered by the application,» says trademark agent Johanne Auger, a partner at BCF LLP in Montreal.

In Canada the law had been that non-lawyer patent agents or trademark agents do not benefit from professional legal privilege.

The firm pioneered a multi-disciplinary partnership approach which brings lawyers, patent agents, and trademark agents together under one roof to provide a full spectrum of legal and intellectual property services to Canadian and international clients.

«Mike and Chris Moffat just happen to have the same name as our firm, so we thought it only appropriate that we should offer our financial assistance towards their quest for gold in 2010,» said the web site of Moffat & Co., the patent and trademark agent sister firm of IP boutique Macera & Jarzyna LLP.

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In Canada, only trademark agents can represent clients before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

• Prospective IP practitioners must pass the notoriously difficult patent and / or trademark agent exams to practise; pass rates are in the low single digits.

Our intellectual property lawyers and patent and trademark agents assist with a wide range of services including applications, transfer agreements, franchise contracts, negotiating agreements, procurement of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, trade secrets, IP infringement, unfair competition, dispute resolutions, drafting and obtaining IP rights and many others to clients worldwide.

AI is a «hot technology» and significant breakthroughs in it are underway, says Isis Caulder, a partner, patent and trademark agent at Bereskin & Parr LLP in Toronto.

I'm an IP lawyer and patent and trademark agent with Bereskin & Parr, and an assistant professor at Western University.

IP Neutrals, located across Canada, are highly respected, seasoned lawyers and patent and trademark agents who have received the highest accolades from both their clients and their peers.

Eric is also a registered Canadian trademark agent.

Eileen is a registered patent and trademark agent in the United States and Canada.

Unless the anachronistic idea of licensing lawyers becomes a thing of the past, current laws and regulations prohibit us from offering legal advice outside of what registered trademark agents are allowed to do.

Expect more objections Thinking they're getting a great deal, more companies will cover off more countries in their applications, and because of the increase in applications, more objections may follow, says Tracy Corneau, a trademark agent and partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Ottawa.

This will provide Canadian clients who use patent and trademark agents, whether or not also lawyers, more secure protection of their confidential communications.

Privilege for Patent and Trademark Agents — Statutory privilege, similar to solicitor - client privilege is being introduced for registered patent and trademark agents.

Registered patent and trademark agents are able to represent applicants before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

New requirements are coming for lawyers wanting to become patent and trademark agents.

As a result of Bill C - 59, when passed, clients will enjoy a statutory privilege in their client communications with Canadian patent and trademark agents.

As of June 30, I gave up my lawyer license and continue running Trademark Factory International Inc. with my trademark agent license.

Steven Z. Raber, LL.B., F.I.P.I.C., is a lawyer, trained mediator and registered trademark agent.

For many startups the cost of getting a trademark through a trademark agent may be prohibitive, so they end up without a trademark or with a poorly drafted trademark application.

The SCC decision in AstraZeneca «reaffirms that Canada has a strong patent system, and as a jurisdiction it can be attractive in terms of IP rights: both law and remedies,» says Steven Garland, an intellectual property litigator and a patent and trademark agent with Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh in Ottawa.

Alan is also a registered patent agent and a registered trademark agent.

«Accessibility and assistive device technology is definitely a growing area of IP and a new area of technology,» says Maya Medeiros, partner, patent agent and trademark agent at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada as well as an Osgoode Hall adjunct professor and the IP Innovation Clinic's supervising lawyer.

He is also a registered trademark agent.

«In our current system, there's no way to recognize a non-person [such as Sophia] as an author or inventor, but in the future there could be,» says Stephen Martin, a partner, patent and trademark agent at Ridout & Maybee LLP in Toronto.

In situations of patent infringements or other intellectual property disputes, our litigation lawyers work with the firm's intellectual property lawyers, IP consultants, and patent and trademark agents to provide the most cost - effective representation.

We serve lawyers, patent and trademark agents and other professionals, governments and businesses, organizations and individuals.