I am a partner in the Intellectual Property and the Marketing, Advertising and Consumer Product Regulatory Law Group Groups at Miller Thomson LLP. I provide advice on intellectual property matters, particularly trade-marks, marketing and advertising law, copyright law, and confidential information.
I assist clients in managing their domestic and international trademark portfolios through clearance and prosecution, licensing, opposition and cancellation proceedings and enforcement. I also have considerable experience in transactional work involving intellectual property and commercialization of intellectual property through licensing and distribution agreements.
I advise major marketers of a wide variety of goods and services with regard to their advertising, promotions, contests, packaging and labelling and regulatory issues.
I am an active member of numerous professional organizations relating to intellectual property law, as well as marketing and advertising law. I am Past Chair of the Licensing Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, a member of the Public Resources Committee of the International Trademark Association, and the Marketing Practices and Intellectual Property Committees of the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law Section).
I have been consistently recognized in the World Trademark Review 1000 World’s Leading Trademark Professionals and the Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law.