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François Larose

Smart & Biggar

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Position: Principal
Rating:
  • Trade mark star
Practice Areas:
Copyright & related rights
Trade mark
IP transactions
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
French
Profile

His practice focuses on all aspects of trademark law in addition to copyright, IP related agreements, and IP related regulatory issues, such as to the Charter of the French Language. He represents clients – local, national and multinational, from all industries – before the courts and tribunals in any intellectual property rights litigation.

François’ masters of law degree from McGill University has a specialization in intellectual property law. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

François chairs the Canadian Sub-Committee of the Non-traditional Marks Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA). He also sits on INTA’s North America Global Advisory Council. François is a workshop leader at the Understanding Trademarks summer course offered by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and McGill University, and is an instructor on IPIC’s Trademark Agent Examination Prep Course.

François is fluent in French and English, and speaks Bocce.

 

Address:
1000 De La Gauchetière Street West, Suite 3300
Montréal H3B 4W5
Canada
Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.smartbiggar.ca/people/bio/francois-larose