Catherine M. Dennis Brooks

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Catherine is the Trademark Lead and the co-leader of the Marketing, Advertising and Product Compliance practice at Miller Thomson. She is a Partner and Registered Canadian Trademark Agent who is well respected for her exceptional proficiency in intellectual property law and marketing and advertising law.

Catherine is a trusted advisor to Canadian and international clients in a wide range of industries, including media, consumer goods, financial services, fashion, food and beverage. She advises on challenging brand strategy issues and is known for her timely, practical advice and business-minded approach. She helps clients with all aspects of their domestic and international trademark portfolio management and branding strategy, including Canadian trademark searches and clearance, prosecution, licensing, opposition and cancellation proceedings, and advising on enforcement strategy, and instructing counsel in other jurisdictions to handle these tasks.

She advises on challenging marketing and advertising issues and helps clients with advertising review and clearance, promotions, contests and related agreements, packaging and labelling, consumer protection, sponsorship agreements, influencer agreements anti-spam law (CASL) and privacy issues.

Catherine is an active member of numerous professional organizations relating to intellectual property law, as well as marketing and advertising law. She is the past Chair of the Licensing Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) Trademark Office Practice Committee, IPIC Trademark Practice Committee, as well as the Intellectual Property and Marketing Practices Committees of the Canadian Bar Association. Catherine is a Fellow IPIC. She is also a member of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA).