We assist clients in every sector of commercial and industrial activity to benefit fully from their rights granted by patents, trade-marks and domain names, industrial designs, copyright, trade secrets, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, the Integrated Circuit Topography Act, as well as rights protected at common law.

We appear before federal, Quebec and Ontario courts and tribunals on issues of:

• Intellectual property infringement
• Impeachment and cancellation of intellectual property rights
• Proceedings pursuant to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations
• Emergency relief such as injunctions and seizures
• Trade-mark opposition
• Unfair competition and “passing off”
• Judicial Review of decisions by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Shareholder disputes over intellectual property rights
• Licensing disputes
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

The following professionals can assist you with your litigation needs:

Chantal Desjardins, Alain M. Leclerc, Isabelle Jomphe, Hugh Mansfield, Greg Moore (Head of the litigation section)