Lawyer Profile
Bruno P. Soucy
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Bruno Soucy has a proven track record of enabling clients to conduct business, secure and monetize intellectual property rights and conclude commercial transactions. He repeatedly receives praise from his clients in regard to his common sense approach to resolving business and legal problems as well as his ability to think outside the box when circumstances so require. His effectiveness is coupled with a professional and constructive approach to negotiation and problem resolution. Clients also appreciate Bruno's ability to service them in both of Canada's official languages, namely French and English. Bruno has been a passionate learner throughout his life. He pursued and obtained two commerce degrees as well as law degrees in both Common Law and Civil Law, Canada's two legal regimes. He has carried this passion for learning through to his law practice. After developing his practice in business law - including in the areas of M&A, secured lending, competition, advertising, corporate finance, commercial, corporate, entertainment, intellectual property, technology, e-commerce and privacy - Bruno began to focus on the fields of intellectual property, advertising and technology law. He also developed expertise in various regulated industries, such as information technology, manufacturing (food and consumer goods), manufacturing (medical devices), consumer retail, financial services, professional services (engineering, accounting and management consulting), telecommunications and life sciences. Bruno provides counsel to clients with respect to their business operations as well
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1999 (ON)
Professional Details
Associations
Memberships Law Society of Ontario Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario Ontario Bar Association - Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Electronic Commerce and Business Law sections Canadian IT Law Association Toronto Computer Lawyers' Group Associate, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Editorial Board, E-Commerce Canada
Awards & Recognition
Recognition Recognized by Best Lawyers ® in Canada 2026 in the area of FinTech Practice and Information Technology Law Recognized by Best Lawyers ® in Canada 2025 in the areas of FinTech Practice and Information Technology Law
Articles & Speeches
Publications Author, Complying with Canada's New Forced Labour and Child Labour Reporting Law
Selected Decisions
Prosecution of trademark and industrial design applications, trademark portfolio management, prosecution of applications to register copyright in works, expungement proceedings under s.45 of the Trade-Marks Act, oppositions of trade-mark applications, trademark and copyright related litigation support, IP due diligence (Copyright, trade-marks, industrial designs & patents), copyright clearance, as well as assignment, licensing and monetization of IP. Represented Canadian subsidiary of international insurer in negotiation of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement Represented Canadian subsidiary of international insurer in negotiation of agreements relating to the licensing of telematics technology and the outsourcing of the operation of its telematics program Represented Canadian subsidiary of international retailer in negotiation of in-store joint marketing and product bundling agreement requiring integration of POS systems and inventory management systems Represented Canadian subsidiary of international retailer in negotiation of licensing of transaction and payment processing platform for in-store POS systems Represented Canadian insurer in negotiation of an agreement