Brunet & Co
City of Toronto, Middlesex County (London)
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 195 handling Intellectual Property.
About Brunet & Co
Brunet & Co is a small Canadian intellectual property law firm founded in 2006 and based in London, Ontario, with a second office on Bay Street in Toronto. Its agents are registered to practice before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the firm's work covers patent drafting and prosecution, trademark registration and portfolio management, copyright protection, industrial design registration, and IP litigation and dispute resolution for clients across Canada and internationally. Its site describes a client base that ranges from individual inventors and artists to large multinational corporations, across industries such as technology, chemistry, life sciences, manufacturing, and entertainment.
The firm's founder, Robert A.H. Brunet, worked in research and development for a manufacturer of water treatment equipment before entering intellectual property law, and is listed as an inventor on several U.S. and international patents from that earlier career. Brunet holds engineering degrees from the University of Western Ontario, is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario, and is a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Other agents at the firm bring their own technical backgrounds to the practice, including a former Canadian patent examiner, a former U.S. patent examiner and quality assurance specialist, and a former in-house patent agent at the National Research Council of Canada.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Brunet & Co was founded in 2006, headquartered in London, Ontario, with a second office in Toronto.
- The firm's founder, Robert A.H. Brunet, was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario to the governing Council of Professional Engineers Ontario, and served on it from February 2020 to January 2023.
- A patent agent at the firm received the Marie F. Morency Memorial Prize for achieving the highest mark in Canada in patent drafting on the 2015 patent agent qualifying examinations.
- The firm's published patent filings include work prepared for organizations such as 3M, Stryker, Avery Dennison, the National Research Council of Canada, and the University of Waterloo.
In the community
- Firm principals have been called on to mentor technology start-up companies and lecture on technology commercialization at Western University in London, Ontario, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessibleLawyers
No individual lawyers listed on the firm site.
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
Brunet & Co's Toronto office is a satellite for a firm headquartered in London, Ontario. Its Bay Street address places it in Simpson Tower, a 33 storey building completed in 1968 that originally served as headquarters for the Simpsons department store chain before becoming the head office of Hudson's Bay Company until 2025. The tower stands at Bay and Queen streets and is integrated with the Eaton Centre across Queen Street.
Legal support staff 1
Law clerks, paralegals and articling students at this firm. They are not licensed lawyers.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brunet & Co located?
- Brunet & Co is headquartered in London, Ontario, at 341 Talbot Street, with a second office at 401 Bay Street in Toronto.
- What kind of intellectual property work does Brunet & Co handle?
- The firm handles patent filing and prosecution, trademark registration and portfolio management, copyright protection and enforcement, industrial design registration, and IP litigation and dispute resolution.
- Can Brunet & Co file a patent for me in the United States, not just Canada?
- Yes. The firm's agents are registered to practice before both the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Does Brunet & Co work with individual inventors, or only large companies?
- Both. The firm's site describes a client base ranging from individual inventors and artists to large multinational corporations, across industries such as technology, chemistry, life sciences, manufacturing, and entertainment.
- Can Brunet & Co help with patent or trademark filings outside Canada?
- Yes. The firm organizes its work into domestic and international practice groups, with dedicated services for clients filing from the United States, Asia, and Europe.
- Can I book a consultation with Brunet & Co online?
- Yes. Both the Toronto and London offices list a book a meeting option on the firm's contact page.
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