Marsha Simone Cadogan

About Marsha Simone Cadogan

MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law is a solo practice in Richmond Hill run by Marsha Simone Cadogan, who focuses on intellectual property, technology law, and food law. The practice also takes on entertainment and media law and IP and technology licensing work, including copyright and trademark licensing, software and SaaS agreements, and blockchain and distributed ledger technology matters. Cadogan was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2014 and holds a BSc, LLB, LLM, and a PhD in International Intellectual Property from Osgoode Hall Law School. The 2016 doctoral dissertation examined geographical indications and development policy in Jamaica, using Blue Mountain coffee as a case study for how intellectual property protections can reach producing communities.

Cadogan represents Canada on the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property's Standing Committee for Geographical Indications and sits on the board of the International Law Association's Canadian chapter, serving as 1st Vice President from 2017 to 2022. The food law side of the practice grew out of that same interest in geographical indications, covering food labelling, packaging, and regulatory questions for businesses making and selling food in Canada and export markets, alongside agricultural geographical indication registrations and licensing agreements.