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Jean-Charles Grégoire

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Ottawa

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+1 613 236 9561 jcgregoire@marks-clerk.ca
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Jean-Charles secures patent and industrial design protection in a wide range of fields including high-tech, mechanical, and consumer products. He also provides strategic advice to local innovators and multinational companies on portfolio management, enforcement, and freedom-to-operate.

JC is a partner, lawyer, and patent agent, and holds an electrical engineering degree.

He is the Chair of the Patent Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. He sits on the Institute’s Industrial Design Practice Committee, as well as the AIPPI’s Canadian Standing Committees on Patents and on Copyright/Industrial Design. JC is also a member of the AIPLA, the Law Society of Ontario, and the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario.

JC has been recognized for patents in Euromoney LMG’s Expert Guides - Rising Stars and in IAM Patent 1000.

Prior to joining Marks & Clerk, JC spent a year in Germany studying electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart. He worked as an intern at a financing and commercialization facility of the University of Ottawa. He then practised for several years in patent prosecution and intellectual property (IP) litigation at a large IP law firm.

Fluent in both official languages, JC practises in English and French.

Languages

  • English
  • Français (French)
  • Deutsch (German)

Specialist in

  • Patents
  • Commercial IP & Contracts
  • Designs
  • Digital Transformation
  • Transport
  • Energy & Environment

Qualifications

Barrister & Solicitor, Called to the Ontario Bar, 2006

University of Ottawa, LL.B., 2005

University of Ottawa, B.A.Sc. (Electrical Engineering with distinction magna cum laude), 2002

Registered Canadian Patent Agent

Registered United States Patent Agent

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Latest articles by Jean-Charles Grégoire

Design drawing
Article
- 15 November 2022

Insights into Designs Laws and Regulations – the Canadian Chapter

First published as the Canadian chapter in International Comparatives Legal Guides (ICLG) – Designs Laws and Regulations on November 4, 2022, this article covers common issues including legislation, application, grounds for refusal, opposition, registration, invalidity, and enforcement.
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Article
- 11 July 2022

Canada finalizes amendments to patent examination: key points and next steps

Significant amendments to the Patent Rules introducing excess claim fees and requests for continued examination were published on June 22 and will come into force on October 3, 2022.
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gavel
Article
- 20 June 2022

Federal Court of Canada requires CIPO to apply IPIC’s framework to Computer-Implemented Inventions

The Federal Court recently ordered the Commissioner of Patents to follow a framework on patentable subject matter.
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