If Canada is not a traditional consideration for an IP strategy, it should become one. It would be a strategic mistake not to count Canada as a top-tier country when developing international IP strategies. Canada is a cost-eff ective jurisdiction in which strong IP protection can be obtained quickly.
Scott Miller is a senior partner and chair of MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP’s litigation department. He can be contacted at: smiller@mbm.com
Randall Marusyk is a senior partner at MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP. He can be contacted at: rmarusyk@mbm.com
Scott Miller has 20 years of IP litigation experience in trademarks, patents, copyright, industrial designs, notices of compliance, anti-counterfeiting, domain names, trade secrets, and confi dential information. He has also appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Randall Marusyk is certifi ed as a specialist in all areas of Canadian IP law (patents/trademarks/copyright) by the Law Society of Upper Canada. He specialises in designing strategic IP portfolios in light of clients’ business and marketplace needs.