Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law
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One of 41 law firms listed in Cambridge, and one of 2 handling Intellectual Property.
About Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law
Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law helps clients protect two kinds of intellectual property, trademarks and copyright, and brings more than 30 years of experience in the field to that work. The firm files trademark registrations itself and acts for clients directly in front of the Canadian and U.S. trademark offices. Michael Bean, a lawyer who's also a trademark agent in both countries, leads the practice.
Bean came to private practice with in-house and law-firm trademark experience. From 1991 to 1997 Bean was senior legal counsel in charge of the trademarks of a multinational packaged goods company. From 1997 to 2013 Bean practised at an international full service law firm, becoming a partner and heading its local intellectual property department. Bean graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1989, after a McGill University B.A. in economics and political science in 1986.
Beth Wry, the firm's trademark law clerk, adds more than 25 years of trademark work in Canada and the United States.
From its base in Cambridge, the firm works for clients internationally and close to home, including in Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Stratford, Toronto and across Southwestern Ontario. It commits to giving clients immediate personal attention.
Practice areas
Trademark clearance, portfolios and licensing
Before a mark is adopted, the firm searches whether it's available and gives an opinion on the results. It also looks after international trademark portfolios and negotiates and drafts licences and assignments of marks. Michael Bean is the author of an article on selecting and protecting a trademark.
Copyright
The firm's copyright work covers literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works protected by the Copyright Act. It helps owners claim copyright in those works and register, mark, license, assign and enforce it.
How Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law works
Searching comes first. Before a mark is adopted, the firm recommends a comprehensive search that reaches past the trademark database to business names, domain names, the Internet and other possible sources of prior rights, run in each country where the mark is meant to be used. When the mark looks available, the usual next step is to file an application to register it as soon as possible, so it establishes priority.
The neighbourhood
The firm's mailing address is a post office box at the Galt station in Cambridge. Galt sits on the Grand River and has a long industrial past. It was a city in its own right, incorporated in 1915, until 1973, when it was merged with Preston, Hespeler and the village of Blair to create Cambridge. Today it's commonly treated as the city's downtown core.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law appear before the Canadian Trademark Opposition Board?
- Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law does. It advises on disputed trademark matters, including infringement, passing-off and oppositions, and it represents clients before the Canadian Trademark Opposition Board.
- Who prepares the trademark filings that go to CIPO and the USPTO at Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law?
- Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law's trademark law clerk, Beth Wry, deals directly with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the United States Patent & Trademark Office and foreign agents. That work covers preparing and processing applications and paperwork and managing trademark portfolios.
- Can Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law help with a trademark in countries beyond Canada and the U.S.?
- Yes. Michael Bean Trademark & Copyright Law has relationships in place with trademark practitioners in almost every country of the world, and it relies on that network to give clients immediate attention wherever they need it.
Where to find them
P.O. Box 1737, STN Galt, Cambridge, ON N1R 7G8 · 519-954-7003
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