Hayes eLaw LLP
1 lawyer · Established 2009 · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 195 handling Intellectual Property.
About Hayes eLaw LLP
Hayes eLaw Professional Corporation is a small Toronto law firm that focuses on intellectual property, technology, and privacy law, along with related entertainment and media work. Mark Hayes founded the firm in April 2009, after 25 years practicing at some of Canada's largest full service law firms. The practice covers commercial and litigation matters in copyright and trademark law, entertainment and media, information technology and the internet, and privacy and access to information, and it has handled matters before the Copyright Board of Canada and the CRTC.
Litigation work at the firm has reached every level of the Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, along with federal regulatory tribunals. Since retiring from active litigation practice in 2022, Mark Hayes has focused on arbitration and mediation through a related practice, Hayes Resolutions, which handles technology, e-commerce, intellectual property, and privacy disputes and offers arbitration, mediation, and combined mediation-arbitration services. Hayes also wrote the Privacy Law in Canada chapter of the U.S. publication Proskauer on Privacy, and co-authored The Cyberspace is Not a No Law Land, a 1997 study commissioned by Industry Canada.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Mark Hayes founded the firm in April 2009, after 25 years practicing at some of Canada's largest full service law firms.
- Best Lawyers has recognized Mark Hayes every year since 2014, including 2023 listings in Defamation and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, and Technology Law.
- Who's Who Legal has recognized Mark Hayes in its rankings every year from 2011 to 2023.
- Global Law Experts named the firm Technology Law Firm of the Year, Canada in 2020.
- Mark Hayes retired from active litigation practice in 2022 and now focuses on arbitration and mediation through Hayes Resolutions.
In the community
- For several years, Mark Hayes provided pro bono legal services to Child Find Manitoba, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, and Cybertip.ca, Canada's tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.
- Mark Hayes has served as a volunteer board member for Golf Ontario.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentWho handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is on Queen Street East in Riverside, a Toronto neighbourhood between Corktown and Leslieville, about 2.5 kilometres east of the downtown core. Riverside is known for tree lined streets and small independent shops, along with the Victorian houses on De Grassi Street. The office itself has two boardrooms and breakout rooms with onsite parking, the kind of space Hayes Resolutions uses for the arbitration and mediation sessions it runs alongside the firm's intellectual property and technology practice.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Hayes eLaw handle trademark and copyright registration?
- Yes. The firm helps clients register, license, and protect copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets, and has handled matters before the Copyright Board of Canada.
- Can Hayes eLaw help with a technology or software licensing agreement?
- Yes. Drafting and negotiating technology agreements, including confidentiality, licensing, distribution, and development contracts, is one of the firm's main areas of work, with particular experience in the licensing and distribution of entertainment and media products in online and mobile environments.
- Does the firm handle privacy compliance and data breach response?
- Yes. The firm advises on privacy compliance, drafts privacy policies, and helps clients respond to data breaches, with experience in financial services, marketing, e-commerce, and broadcasting.
- I'm in a dispute with a technology or media partner. Can Hayes eLaw help resolve it without going to court?
- Through Hayes Resolutions, Mark Hayes provides arbitration, mediation, and combined mediation-arbitration services for technology, e-commerce, intellectual property, and privacy disputes, in Canada and internationally.
- How long has Hayes eLaw been practicing?
- Mark Hayes founded the firm in April 2009, after 25 years practicing at some of Canada's largest full service law firms.
- Where is Hayes eLaw located?
- The office is at 693 Queen Street East, in Toronto's Riverside neighbourhood, with two boardrooms, breakout rooms, and onsite parking.
Where to find them
693 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4M 1G6 · 416-966-3529
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