Since the formation of our practice, Sorbara, Schumacher, McCann LLP has assisted its corporate and business
clients in protecting their intellectual property rights. We advise our clients on matters involving patents,
trademarks, copyright design, trade secrets, confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-solicitation. We prosecute
copyright and trademark applications on behalf of our clients. We also have a long-standing working relationship
with a select group of competitively-priced patent agents with expertise in all areas of engineering and design.
From offices in Ottawa, our patent agents are close to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO") and
have easy access to CIPO's paper records and on-site databases, much of which is unavailable online. Our agents
are immediately responsive and our clients benefit from their expertise and years of experience. In representing
the interests of and addressing the many intellectual property concerns of our clients, we have negotiated and
prepared:
- Non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements
- Teaming agreements
- Research consortium agreements
- Employment agreements specifically designed to protect employers' intellectual property
rights and those of purchasers and co-venturers
- Agreements concerning the ownership of intellectual property ("IP") including background IP, foreground IP,
publication rights, and the commercialization of intellectual property.
Technology is now an integral part of the business operations of our corporate clients and we have responded to
the ever-increasing needs of our clients in this area of the law. Over the past number of years, SorbaraLaw has
acquired expertise in those areas of the law concerning the legal issues associated with the use of technology.
We have assisted inventors and start-up Internet-based businesses and routinely address the technology issues
which our well-established corporate clients confront on a daily basis.
Some of the services recently provided by the lawyers of Sorbara, Schumacher, McCann LLP in relation to technology
and intellectual property issues include:
- Software development, sale, licensing and distribution agreements
- Source code escrow agreements
- Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
- Website development, maintenance and upgrade agreements
- Website issues including privacy, warranty disclaimers and code of conduct
- Website content issues including copyright and moral rights and the right to license,
use, publish and disseminate data and other information
- Issues concerning the electronic execution of documents, electronic signatures and on-line signatures
- Advising clients regarding e-commerce issues
- Dispute resolution including litigation concerning the misappropriation and misuse of intellectual property
through the improper dissemination of information on websites
Our corporate-commercial group can provide a high quality and cost-effective solution to your technology and intellectual
property needs in a timely manner.
