Patent, Trade-marks and Copyright, and Industrial Design Applications

Our Group

Miller Thomson’s Intellectual Property (IP) professionals bring a unique business-minded approach to the services offered which, if used strategically, can be crucial to realizing a venture’s business plan. Our group includes lawyers who are also chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, scientists, computer software and hardware designers, and PhDs in biochemistry, oncology and DNA sequencing.

Our Services

Patents

• Preparing patentability, infringement, validity and freedom to operate and design around opinions
• Preparing and prosecuting patent applications directly in Canada and U.S. Patent Offices
• Preparing and prosecuting international PCT, European, Japanese, Chinese and all other foreign patent applications around the world

Trade-marks

• Preparing registrability, infringement and freedom to operate validity opinions
• Preparing and prosecuting trade-mark applications directly in the Canadian and U.S. Trade-Marks offices
• Filing European, Japanese, Australian and all other foreign trade-mark applications through our network of international agents
• Advising on trade-mark matters in relation to franchises

Industrial Design

• Preparing registrability, infringement and validity opinions
• Preparing and prosecuting industrial design applications directly in Canada and design patent applications directly in the United States Patent Office
• Preparing and prosecuting European and other foreign design applications through our network of agents worldwide

Copyright

• Preparing infringement and validity opinions
• Preparing and registering copyright directly in Canada and the United States

Trade Secrets/Know-How

• Providing advice and procedures to protect trade secrets and confidential information

Our Experience

Patents

• Act for many Canadian, U.S. and European based multi-national corporations in defining and protecting their Canadian patent portfolios
• Advise a chemical manufacturer regarding the licensing of its patented manufacturing process to a major pharmaceutical company
• Co-ordinated U.S. patent infringement actions for several clients
• Advise on the interplay between patents, trade-mark, copyright and design to maximize value
• Work with many international patent firms to prosecute and protect their Canadian patent rights

Trade-Marks

• Act for many Canadian, U.S. and European multi-national corporations in defining and protecting their Canadian trade-mark portfolios
• Manage extensive trade-mark portfolios for several major Canadian corporations including those in the telecommunications and food processing industries