Camille Miconnet
Lawyer and Trademark AgentQUEBEC BAR 2016 - CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE 2021
Camille joined Novalex after practicing as a lawyer within a boutique law firm specialized in business and intellectual property law in Montreal for four years.
Camille started her career in Paris where she practiced for three years within a major European firm specialized in intellectual property law.
Her practice focuses primarily on trademark, copyright, and commercial law. Camille assists her clients in selecting and registering the name of their project or business, defining the strategy for protecting their intellectual property rights, and concluding commercial agreements to enhance their intellectual property rights in Canada and abroad. In the event of infringement of its clients’ intellectual property rights, Camille intervenes to develop a strategic approach to litigation and consider settlement options.
Through her international network of correspondents, Camille can assist companies worldwide that want to expand internationally.
Camille is very concerned about the success of companies and the protection of their creations, whatever their field of activity. Regardless of their field of activity, Camille is a lawyer who understands the perspectives and issues of both established and start-up businesses and has their success and interest at heart.
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
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Practice areas
- Intellectual Property
- Commercial and corporate law
- Start-up businesses
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Camille has notably:
OBTAINED the protection of several thousands of trademarks in Canada and worldwide;
HELPED businesses in trademarks opposition proceedings and cancellation proceedings;
OBTAINED official trademark protection on behalf of Quebec municipalities and public organizations;
OBTAINED the cancellation of problematic and fraudulent trademarks in Asia;
CONDUCTED intellectual property rights audits;
ACTED for the protection and defense of numerous luxury brands in the European Union;
DRAFTED agreements to enhance the value of corporate intellectual property rights in Canada and abroad;
DRAFTED trademark coexistence agreements to avoid or resolve conflicts;
ADVISED several start-ups businesses within their legal constitution;
DRAFTED shareholders agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, distribution contracts and other commercial agreements;
ADVISED businesses in the organization of advertising contests;
DRAFTED AND REVISED general conditions of sale and use of websites.
Professional activities and initiatives
Member of the Young Bar of Montréal
Member of the Quebec Association of practitioners of trademarks (RPM)
Member of the French Association of practitioners of trademark and design law International Trademark Association (INTA)
Participation in the 141st annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Boston in 2019
Involvement in the defense of animal rights
Education
LL.B (equivalencies), University of Montréal – 2015
LL.M in Intellectual Property Law and Design Law, University of Lyon, France – 2011
DESS (Masters Degree) in Business Law, University of Strasbourg, France – 2010
LL.B in private law, University of Burgundy, France – 2009
Publications
- Master’s thesis in Intellectual Property-Design Law devoted to “French wine, between tradition, modernity and the New World” quoted in the professional French magazine JurisClasseur (2011) and presented at the Awards Ceremony at the University of Lyon (France). – 2011
– 2011