Catherine is a partner in the Intellectual Property Group at Cassels Brock. She provides advice on intellectual property matters, particularly trade-marks, marketing and advertising law, copyright law, and confidential information. She has appeared before various courts and tribunals.
Catherine assists clients in managing their domestic and international trade-mark portfolios through clearance and prosecution, licensing, opposition and cancellation proceedings and enforcement. She also has considerable experience in transactional work involving intellectual property and commercialization of intellectual property through licensing and distribution agreements.
She also advises major marketers of a wide variety of goods and services with regard to their advertising, promotions, contests, packaging and labelling.
Catherine is an active member of numerous professional organizations relating to intellectual property law, as well as marketing and advertising law. She is a member of the Trade-Mark Licensing Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the INTA Bulletin Committee of the International Trademark Association, the Intellectual Property Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and the Marketing Practices Committee of the Canadian Bar Association (Competition Law Section).
Catherine is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School, and was a Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court (General Division) from 1992 to 1994.
Achievements
· Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law
· 2011 World Trademark Review 1000 list
Associations
· Canadian Bar Association (Marketing Practices Committee, Competition Law Section)
· Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Intellectual Property Committee)
· Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (Trade-Mark Licensing Committee)
· International Trademark Association (INTA Bulletin Committee)
· Licensing Executives Society
· Ontario Bar Association
In The News
03/20/2012, Cassels Brock Trade-Mark Lawyers Recognized in WTR 1000
02/16/2012, Cassels Brock Advises Canadian Tire on the Launch of Their Updated Loyalty Program
10/05/2011, Catherine Dennis Brooks Appointed to IPIC Licencing Committee
10/04/2011, Cassels Brock is Pleased to Announce INTA Committee Appointments
Newsletter Articles
"Read it and Weep!" - Is Restaurant Calorie Disclosure an Effective Behaviour Modification Tool?, 05/17/2012
Lion's Roar Caged! Certain Sounds Can Now Be Trade-marked, 04/18/2012
Trade-mark Confusion Analysis and First-to-Use v. First-to-File Clarified by Supreme Court of Canada, 07/28/2011
Distinctiveness of A Colour and Shape Trade-mark, 03/31/2011
Bathroom Tissue Must be in View to be Distinctive, 09/20/2010
Newsletters
Franchise Law e-COMMUNIQUÉ - May 2012, 05/17/2012
The Cassels Brock Report - April 2012, 04/26/2012
.XXX Domain Opt-Out Period Ends October 28, 2011, 10/05/2011
The Cassels Brock Report - July 2011, 07/28/2011
Trade-mark Confusion Analysis and First-to-Use v. First-to-File Clarified by Supreme Court of Canada, 05/30/2011
The Cassels Brock Report - March 2011, 03/31/2011
The Cassels Brock Report - September 2010, 09/28/2010