McCarthy Tétrault

Intellectual Property

Partner in Intellectual Property group and national co-lead of Cyber/Data group. Advises on copyright, trademark and confidential information protection, primarily through litigation, including in technology, sports and entertainment, fashion, consumer products, retail, financial and health services fields. Numerous cases involving trade dress. Information law practice extends to privacy and cybersecurity litigation (including class actions), data breach response, and Internet law. Counsel in intellectual property matters before Supreme Court of Canada (7 appearances), US Supreme Court of the United States (led drafting of amicus brief on international copyright law), Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court, numerous provincial appellate and superior courts, Copyright Board, CRTC, and the Trademarks Opposition Board. Testified as expert on Copyright Board before Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce; significant experience on copyright, trademark and privacy reform.

Ontario bar, 2006 Clerk, Ontario Court of Appeal, 2005-2006 Adjunct professor, IP law, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2012-present.

Past chair, Copyright Policy Committee, IPIC; AIPPI committees on copyright; Member, CBA, OBA, INTA.

AB, Harvard University (Phi Beta Kappa), MA (Eng.) and JD (Honours), University of Toronto.