Intellectual property

Our team ensures that your intangible assets are expertly managed to retain their full value.

Intellectual Property: One of your business’s most valuable assets

Intellectual property assets, such as copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial designs, trade secrets, and know-how, are intangible assets that contribute significantly to the value of your business, both current and future.

Our team of subject matter experts can help you establish an effective strategy to develop, protect, highlight, optimize and defend your intellectual property assets, in Canada and around the world. We are your business partners for all your intellectual property needs, regardless of the industry in which you operate.

We support you every step of the way

We assist you in addressing a multitude of complex questions and offer services in the following areas:

Preparation and filing of copyright registration applications;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of acquisition contracts, license agreements, and copyright assignment agreements for any type of content, material, or software;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of development, production, manufacturing, and distribution agreements for any type of content, material, or software;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of escrow agreements relating to software source code or a database;
Negotiation and review of public cells for tenders for technology suppliers;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of confidentiality and non-competition agreements;
Negotiation of release of rights necessary to use copyrighted content;
Copyright due diligence and advice in the context of commercial transactions;
Development and implementation of strategies to enforce your copyright, including taking legal action, where appropriate;
Defend you against any claim or proceeding alleging copyright infringement.

Trademarks

Trademark availability searches;
Preparation, filing and processing of trademark registration applications in Canada, the United States and elsewhere in the world;
Comprehensive strategic advice for the protection of trademarks and corporate branding;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of acquisition contracts, license agreements, and trademark assignment agreements;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of coexistence agreements;
Negotiation, drafting, and review of trademark usage guides or manuals;
Training on trademarks use;
Trademark due diligence and advice in the context of commercial transactions;
Development and implementation of strategies to enforce your trademark rights, including taking legal action, where appropriate;
Defend you against any claim or proceeding alleging trademark infringement.

Patents

Through our relationships with experienced partners, we offer the following services related to patents:

Prior art searches;
Advice on the patentability of an invention;
Advice on the validity of a patent;
Preparation, filing and processing of patent applications in Canada, the United States and elsewhere in the world;
Comprehensive strategic advice for the protection and management of your patents;
Preparation, filing and processing of challenges relating to third-party patents;
Negotiation, drafting and review of acquisition contracts, license agreements, and patent assignment agreements;
Negotiation, drafting and review of confidentiality and non-competition agreements;
Patent due diligence and advice in the context of commercial transactions;
Development and implementation of strategies to enforce your patent rights, including taking legal action, where appropriate;
Defend you against any claim or proceeding alleging patent infringement.

Industrial designs

Through our relationships with experienced partners, we offer the following services related to industrial designs:

Advice on the possibility of obtaining registration of an industrial design;
Preparation, filing and processing of industrial design applications in Canada, the United States and elsewhere in the world;
Comprehensive strategic advice for the protection and management of your industrial designs;
Negotiation, drafting and review of acquisition contracts, license agreements and assignment agreements of industrial designs;
Negotiation, drafting and review of confidentiality and non-competition agreements;
Industrial deigns due diligence and advice in the context of commercial transactions;
Development and implementation of strategies to enforce your industrial design rights, including taking legal action, where appropriate;
Defend you against any claim or proceeding alleging industrial design infringement.

Other related practice areas

We also offer services in areas related to intellectual property, such as the right of publicity, technology law, and marketing and advertising law. In short, we can provide a global approach for all your needs that directly or indirectly relate to intellectual property.