Rob Mcdonald, K.C. Email & Phone Number

Edmonton, Canada Area

Edmonton, Canada Area

Rob is recommended by numerous publications, including The Best Lawyers in Canada as "Lawyer of the Year" in Intellectual Property (2018)The following is a list of representative work:- Represented the Fitness Industry of Canada before the Copyright Board of Canada, in a successful objection to a proposed tariff seeking royalties relating to music played in fitness centers - Counsel to a major multi-national entertainment company, providing intellectual property enforcement and litigation in Canada with respect to trade-mark and copyright infringement, counterfeit goods, domain name disputes and brand dilution - Managed the trade-mark portfolio of one of Canada’s largest media and telecommunications companies, filing, prosecuting and enforcing hundreds of trade-marks for the parent company and several subsidiaries - Successfully defended a Federal Court action involving claims of patent infringement and invalidity in respect of slotted liner technology in the oil and gas industry - Conducted due diligence reviews of extensive intellectual property portfolios in the context of corporate mergers and acquisitions, financings, and initial public offerings in industries including oil and gas, energy, mining, and bio-fuel - Counsel to numerous First Nations communities providing advice regarding the ownership, protection and preservation of cultural works and oral traditions by copyright - Successfully represented a medical device company and inventor in an action involving patent rights in an Endarterectomy Catheter, including obtaining a reinstatement of an unintentionally abandoned US patent - Acted in the prosecution and defence of several opposition proceedings, expungement proceedings and invalidity proceedings before the Trade-marks Opposition Board, the Federal Court of Canada and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench - Represented several luxury brand owners in obtaining the seizure, delivery up and destruction of counterfeit luxury goods