Malcolm McLeod

Biography

Malcolm E. McLeod practises all aspects of intellectual property law, including trade-marks, copyright, industrial design, patents and related competition law. He also practises in the field of law relating to payment, charge and credit cards and the operation of payment card networks.

Mr. McLeod appears before the courts of Quebec and Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada in leading Canadian patent and trade-mark cases, as well as the Patent Appeal Board and the Opposition Board of the Trade-marks Office. He also deals with the Copyright Office and the Industrial Design Office. He advises multinational clients on protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights, their licensing needs with respect to trade-marks, patents, copyright and trade secrets/confidential information and the law applicable to payment cards. 

Year of Call

• Alberta Bar 1977
• Quebec Bar 1965

Year of Registration

• Canada (patents) 1970
• United States (patents) 1970
• Canada (trade-marks) 1967

Law School

• B.C.L., McGill University, 1964

EDUCATION

• B.A., McGill University, 1961

Rankings and Recognitions

• Best Lawyers in Canada - Intellectual Property Law: Litigation; Patent, 2008

Memberships and Activities

• Canadian Bar Association
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Canadian Council for International Business
• Former member of the National Advisory Board on Science and Technology
• Contributing editor on intellectual property of The Canadian Law Newsletter
• Assistant editor of the Intellectual Property Journal
• Contributed articles to IPIC and the American Intellectual Property Law Association