About us Overview
Fibre optics, biotechnology, satellite communications, spread spectrum technologies and digital signal processing are just a few of the state-of-the-art areas that we are actively associated with. We have an important role to play in ensuring that each of our client's innovations achieves its maximum potential: to minimize risk, we ensure that intellectual property protection is prompt, validly obtained and ultimately enforceable. Our Partners and Associates are highly qualified in fields such as engineering, physics, computer sciences, chemistry and biotechnology: this enables them to anticipate both the legal aspects of the intellectual property acquisition, and the technological implications therein. It means that our clients receive quality advice, responsiveness to their needs, and a genuine interest in their products and services. In addition, being part of the Marks & Clerk network, Marks & Clerk Canada is able to draw on an unrivalled pool of resources and expertise to meet our clients' needs globally.
To keep pace with fast developing technology and the rapidly evolving world of intellectual property law, we have expanded our firm, maintaining a strong breadth of talent and resources. Our in-depth training program nurtures new professionals, while our active memberships in Intellectual Property organizations, both in Canada and worldwide, bring a collective strength to our services.
Members and Associates at Marks & Clerk Canada stay on the leading edge of their industry by maintaining memberships in professional organizations that include:
- International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
- The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)
- The Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
- The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
- The Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPA)
- European Community Trademark Association (ECTA)
- Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)
Ottawa - strategic location
Marks & Clerk Canada opened its office in Ottawa, Canada's capital, in 1921. From this strategic location, we provide our clients with direct, personal access to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, along with other key federal contacts. But Ottawa is much more than the national seat of government: from exciting start-ups to established multinational powerhouses, it is a major high-tech centre recognized around the world. Cutting-edge research and development - in universities, at the National Research Council and in hundreds of forward-looking private companies - has turned Ottawa into North America's 'Silicon Marks Valley North'.
