Background

Theresa Corneau is a Partner in the Ottawa Office. Theresa registered as a Trade-mark Agent in 1990, receiving the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's Educational Foundation Prize for attaining the highest marks. She completed a Diploma in the F.I.T.T. (Foreign International Trade Training) Certification Program from Carleton University in June 2000. Theresa is a member of the Intellectual Property Group.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Extensive experience in all areas of Canadian and international trade-mark practice including searching, preparation and prosecution of trade-mark applications, opposition proceedings, trade-mark licensing and property right transfers.
• Drafting and filing copyright matters, drafting of license agreements and preparing and presenting in-house trade-mark seminars to clients.

Professional and Community Activities

• Published in the European Intellectual Property Review ("Famous Trade-marks: Such Great Names as These") and in Trade-mark World ("An International Look at Internet Domain Name Disputes: A Canadian Perspective").
• Contributor to the Exporter's Guide to Intellectual Property being published by Industry Canada.
• Co-author of paper, Do You Hear What I Hear, (A Review of case law dealing with the treatment of composite trademarks that are descriptive when sounded), Canadian Intellectual Property Review (C.I.P.R.), October 2003.
• Chairperson for the Membership Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC).
• Member of the Trade-mark Examining Board.
• Canadian Reporter for The Bulletin for the International Trade-mark Association (INTA).
• Lectured and presented articles on various trade-mark issues in Canada both to Intellectual Property Practitioners and business audiences.
• Member of INTA, IPIC, American International Property Law Association (AIPLA) and European Community Trade-mark Association (ECTA).
• Volunteer Tutorials instructor of in-house program for candidates writing the Trade-mark Agents exam; 1990 - 2003.
• Trade-mark instructor for the McGill University/IPIC Continuing Legal Education Trade-mark Course; 1997 - 2003.
• IPIC Trade-mark Tutorials instructor (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada), 1993 - 1996; 2000 - 2003.
• Assistant Director McGill University/IPIC Intensive Trade-mark Course; 2000.
• Director of McGill University/IPIC Intensive Trade-mark Course; 2001.
• Chair McGill University/IPIC Continuing Legal Education Committee (Trade-marks I and II Courses; Patent I Course; Copyright I Course); 2001 - 2003.
• Member of Council - IPIC; 2003 - 2004.
• Chair - Trade-mark Agent On-line Training Course (Opposition Proceedings) - IPIC – 2006-2007.
• Committee Member - Trade-mark Agent On-line Training Course (Section 45) - IPIC - 2007.
• Co-Author of Paper - Madrid Protocol: How it Affects Canadian Businesses.
• Article Madrid Protocol - Will Shake Up IP Business - 2007 Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
• Author of Paper - Comparative Opposition Proceedings in Canada and the United States - Munich - IP Days Conference - 2007.
• Chair - Trade-mark Agent On-line Training Course (Opposition Proceedings) - IPIC – 2008-2009.
• Committee Member - Trade-mark Agent On-line Training Course (Registrability) - IPIC – 2009-2010.
• Committee Member – AIPLA – Diversity Committee/ Women in IP Law 2009-2010.
• Committee Member AIPPI – Canadian Group – Co-Author – Protection Against the Dilution of a Trade-Mark – 2010.
• Mentor – AIPLA – Mentoring Program – 2010 - 2011
• ECTA Committee Member – ACTA and Harmonization Committees – 2009 – 2011
• INTA Roundtable Leader – How to Generate Value and Revenue from your Brand – 2011
• AIPPI – Canadian Group – Co-Author – Genuine Use – 2011
• Contributor/Editor of Trade-mark Practice in Canada: A Practice Guide - 2011