Nadine D'Aguiar Professional Corporation

Frequently asked questions

Does Nadine D'Aguiar Professional Corporation handle trademark registrations?

Yes. The firm handles trademark prosecution from searches through to portfolio strategy, and has handled more than 500 trademark applications and official mark requests since it opened. It also represents clients in trademark opposition and expungement proceedings before the Canadian Trademarks Office, and works with a network of foreign associates on international trademark portfolios.

Can the firm help negotiate a technology licensing agreement?

Yes. The firm drafts and negotiates license, commercialization, and consulting agreements, along with software access, software license, and software as a service agreements, and often works with technology transfer managers at academic healthcare centres.

Does the firm work with hospitals and research institutes on health law contracts?

Yes. A significant part of the practice supports academic hospitals, research institutes, and other healthcare organizations with clinical study agreements, collaboration agreements, research funding and clinical research organization (CRO) agreements, and material or data transfer agreements, addressing the intellectual property, privacy, and regulatory issues that come with clinical and non-clinical research.

Does the firm have a physical office I can visit?

No. It began in 2011 as a "virtual" intellectual property law firm, built without a traditional bricks-and-mortar office, so the practice works with clients wherever they are rather than out of a storefront location.

What does trademark work with the firm cost?

The firm's schedule of fees for trademark work is available on request; it is not published on the site.

What are Nadine D'Aguiar's professional credentials?

D'Aguiar was called to the Ontario bar in 1997 and is registered as both a Canadian trademark agent (since 2001) and a Canadian patent agent (since 2005). D'Aguiar belongs to the International Trademark Association and the Licensing Executive Society, and is an associate member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.