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Peter Giddens Toronto 416.307.4042 [email protected] admission au Barreau et formation domaines de pratique propriété intellectuelle marques de commerce droit d'auteur médias sociaux octroi de licences litige en propriété intellectuelle renseignements à caractère confidentiel publicité industries médias, communications et divertissement banques, finances et assurances sciences de la vie industries manufacturières, distribution et commerce du détail technologies Barreau de l'Ontario - 1999 Dalhousie University, LLB - 1997 Dalhousie University, B.Sc. (Hons. Biology) - 1994 profil Registered Trade-mark Agent (Canada) Peter Giddens is a Partner in our Toronto office and a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Group. Peter provides advice concerning the acquisition, development, clearance, management, protection, enforcement and licensing of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on trade-mark, copyright and domain name issues. He has appeared in the Ontario and Federal Courts on matters including trade-mark infringement, passing off, copyright infringement and patent infringement. Peter regularly provides clearance opinions for clients concerning the availability of proposed trade-marks for use and registration, prosecutes applications to register trademarks before the Trade-marks Office, represents clients in trademark opposition and expungement proceedings before the Trade-marks Opposition Board, and co-ordinates foreign trademark filings and portfolios. Peter also represents clients in domain name dispute proceedings, and has appeared before arbitration panels of the World Intellectual Property Organization and National Arbitration Forum. Peter Giddens' recent work also includes: enforcing trade dress rights; structuring complex trade-mark licence agreements; negotiating IP transfer agreements; consulting regarding corporate re-branding initiatives; and providing advice concerning comparative advertising, grey marketing of consumer goods, ambush marketing, misappropriation of personality, copyright infringement in communication signals, software licensing and infringement, and issues concerning on-line trademark use (including keyword advertising, deep linking, framing, metatags, typosquatting and gripe sites). After articling with the firm's Toronto office in 1997-98, Peter joined the Intellectual Property group as an associate lawyer in McMillan S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. | avocats | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 1/3 Peter Giddens t: 416.307.4042 [email protected] 1999 and has been a partner since 2006. mandats d’administrateur et associations professionnelles International Trademark Association (INTA), Vice-Chair of the Trademark Office Practices Committee (2016-2017) International Trademark Association (INTA), Trademark Office Practices Committee (2010-2011) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), IPIC/CIPO Joint Liaison Committee on Trade-mark Practices Foreign Affiliate Member of American Intellectual Property Law association (AIPLA) International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Canadian Bar Association Ontario Bar Association mandats représentatifs Acted as intellectual property counsel to Rogers Media in its acquisition of CityTV from CTVglobemedia Acted as intellectual property counsel to AXA Canada in its acquisition of The Citadel General Assurance Company Acted as intellectual property counsel to Trader Media Corp. in its acquisition by Yellow Pages Media Group Advised Rogers Stadium Limited Partnership, part of Rogers Communications, on intellectual property issues during its purchase of the Toronto SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) Acted as intellectual property counsel to Rogers Communications in its acquisition of The Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club and continues to provide intellectual property advice to the team's ownership, including sponsorship, licensing and marketing activities Provides ongoing counsel to world-famous brands in industries including: beverage alcohol, insurance, financial services, furniture retail, professional sports; entertainment; film production; telecommunications; education; cosmaceuticals; food; security; professional services; software; kitchen appliances Meets with government officials regarding proposed changes to Canada's trade-mark legislation and regulations prix et palmarès Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 as a leading lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property Law Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016 as McMillan S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. | avocats | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 2/3 Peter Giddens t: 416.307.4042 [email protected] leading lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property Listed in World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals Listed in Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars - The Guide to the World's Leading IP Firms and Practitioners Recipient of the International Trademark Association Service Award for the Advancement of Trade Mark Law, 2005 publications Juillet 2015 Internet and E-Commerce Law In Canada (seulement disponible en anglais) Social Media and Website as National Communication Platforms in Canada in Light of French Language Requirements Avril 2015 Social Media and Websites as National Communication Platforms in Canada in Light of French Language Requirements (seulement disponible en anglais) Intellectual Property Bulletin Juin 2012 Update - ICANN reveals list of proposed new gTLDs (seulement disponible en anglais) Intellectual Property Bulletin Avril 2012 Trade-mark owners be vigilant – ICANN to publish list of proposed new gTLDs (seulement disponible en anglais) Intellectual Property Bulletin Juin 2011 New Domain Names Announced – Trade-mark Owners Take Note (seulement disponible en anglais) Intellectual Property Bulletin Mai 2011 The Supreme Court of Canada clarifies the test for trade-mark confusion in Masterpiece Inc v Alavida Lifestyles (seulement disponible en anglais) Intellectual Property Bulletin Hiver 2011 'Special Circumstances' Test Justifying Judicial Review of Interlocutory Decisions of TMOB Rendered Unclear Where Opponent Seeks to Add Ground of Opposition (seulement disponible en anglais) intellectual property brief winter 2010-2011 McMillan S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. | avocats | Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto | Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong | mcmillan.ca 3/3