PNC IP Group

About PNC IP Group

PNC IP Group is a small intellectual property law firm and registered patent and trademark agency based in Vaughan, Ontario, in the Maple neighbourhood near Keele Street. Tapas Pain founded the firm, which has served the greater York Region and Toronto area since 2003. It handles patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial designs, trade secrets, plant breeders' rights, integrated circuit topography and sports and entertainment intellectual property, and it has represented more than four hundred individuals and businesses across six continents.

Much of the firm's work is billed at a flat fee instead of by the hour, including its Semi In-House Program, a flat rate package that lets qualified businesses draw on ongoing portfolio support without hiring in house staff. Pain holds a Bachelor of Science in toxicology and a Master of Science in pharmacy from the University of Toronto, plus a law degree from the University of Ottawa, and is a registered patent and trademark agent in Canada and the United States as well as a licensed Ontario lawyer. Associate lawyer Tamsin Thomas has over ten years of experience with Canadian trademark, patent and industrial design prosecution, and handles trademark, patent and industrial design work for clients in Canada, the United States and Europe.