Avery Lee
Associate | Barrister and Solicitor | Canadian Trademark Agent
Americas
Toronto
Avery is a lawyer and licensed Canadian Trademark Agent at Marks & Clerk. His practice focuses on trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement.
Avery helps clients obtain and maintain the exclusive rights to their trademarks in Canada and abroad. He has assisted a variety of clients ranging from start ups, scale ups and multinationals, and in a wide range of industries including restaurants, manufacturing, clothing, retail, tech, fitness, health, consulting, and social media. He also helps foreign associates file Canadian applications and respond to provisional refusals in a timely manner.
Among other associations, Avery is an active committee member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada as well as the IP Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
Prior to joining Marks & Clerk, Avery obtained his law degree in Ontario with an area of concentration in Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law before working at a boutique IP law firm in North York and subsequently helping to develop and grow an IP practice at a full-service law firm in Mississauga.
Languages
- 中文(廣東話) (Cantonese)
- English
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Qualifications
- BA Honors, Western University, Philosophy and Psychology, 2015
- JD, Western Law (IP, Information and Technology Law Area of Concentration, 2018
- Ontario Bar, 2019
- Registered Canadian Trademark Agent, 2021
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CIPO Update: Specificity Guidelines for Goods and Services
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the efficiency and consistency of trademark examination, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has recently published a set of guidelines on how to describe a wide variety of goods and services to meet the levels of specificity deemed acceptable by CIPO. These guidelines are intended to supplement the notes found in CIPO’s Goods and Services Manual for “retired” terms that are deemed unacceptable without further specificity.
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Cost Awards, Confidentiality Orders and Official Mark Cancellations: Long Awaited Proposed Amendments to the Trademarks Regulations Now Published
Long-awaited proposed amendments to Canada’s Trademarks Regulations were recently published in the Canada Gazette. The consultation is now open, and interested parties have until July 8, 2024 to provide their comments and suggestions.
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New Federal Court of Canada Decision: MINT registration maintained in non-use challenge
Summary of FC s. 45 appeal – IBS Inc. v. Mint Green Group Inc.
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