Lawyer Profile
Jonathan N. Auerbach
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Jonathan Auerbach is a partner, patent agent and trademark agent in the Intellectual Property Group. He has a broad range of experience in all aspects of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on patent, trademark and copyright litigation, prosecution, licensing, counseling and transactions. He is regarded as an IP strategist amongst clients and peers.
Jonathan also has extensive experience in the acquisition, clearance, prosecution, enforcement and licensing of trademarks, including representing clients in trademark opposition proceedings and Section 45 expungement proceedings and Patent Appeal Board proceedings. He also advises clients on Internet-related aspects of trademark and copyright law, including representing clients in domain name disputes.
Jonathan's IP transactional practice includes counselling with respect to the management and commercialization of intellectual property and the identification of intellectual property issues in corporate transactions. In this regard, he is routinely called upon to negotiate, draft, analyze and review complex IP and IT related agreements as well as to manage IP and IT due diligence investigations. He also prepares, negotiates and advises on purchase agreements, license agreements, sponsorship agreements, merchandising agreements, distributions agreements, JV agreements, influencer agreements, consulting agreements and employment agreements, as they pertain to intellectual property, information technology, software, e-commerce and related matters.
Jonathan's litigation practice focuses on intellectual property infringement matters, enforcing against acts involving counterfeit products, the invalidation of intellectual property, registrations and intellectual property contract dispute matters.
Jonathan is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Québec.
Jonathan sits on the Board of Directors of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the professional association in Canada dedicated to IP lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents. He was previously appointed by the Commissioner of Patents of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to serve on the Patent Agent Examining Board and has been appointed to the Registration Committee of the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2002 (ON); 2010 (QC)