About Marks & Clerk

Marks & Clerk is an international intellectual property firm that traces its history to 1887, when it set up its first office in the UK. It has grown into a network of offices across the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Asia, and North America. In 2007 the firm's China practice, founded in 1994 as Lloyd Wise, merged into the Marks & Clerk network, extending its reach into East Asia.

The firm's Canadian practice dates to 1921, giving it more than a century of continuous operation in the country. It works from two offices, in Ottawa and Toronto, with about 25 lawyers and patent and trademark agents supported by more than 50 additional staff. The Toronto office, at 33 Yonge Street in the city's financial and legal district, handles patent prosecution, trademark and copyright work, and IP litigation. Its patent agents draw on technical backgrounds in electronics, computer science, artificial intelligence, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, and the office also acts for clients in fashion, entertainment, and consumer goods.

In the community

  • Several of the firm's Canadian practitioners hold committee and leadership positions with the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, AIPPI, and the International Trademark Association.
  • One of the firm's partners has served as Co-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association's Pro Bono Committee and as Chair of the Canadian Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section.
  • A lawyer at the firm has lectured in the IPIC and McGill University summer IP courses, and firm partners mentor students and early career lawyers through programs such as OJEN mock trials.

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33 Yonge Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1G4 · 416-595-1155

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