Author Profile

Josh Macfadden

Josh Macfadden

Phone: 306.347.8493
1500 Hill Centre I 1874 Scarth Street Regina Saskatchewan 0 Canada

About

Josh MacFadden is a registered Trade-Mark Agent who has a general intellectual property practice that includes copyright and trade-mark prosecutions, domain name disputes, privacy, confidentiality and unfair competition matters. He also regularly advises clients on a wide range of matters including portfolio management, contracts, licensing, industrial designs, labeling requirements and intellectual property litigation matters.

Practice Areas

  • Trademark, copyright, and industrial design prosecutions
  • Intellectual Property portfolio management
  • Contracts, licensing and opinion work involving intellectual property
  • Due diligence
  • Internet domain name dispute resolutions

Professional Associations

  • Law Society of Saskatchewan
  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Associate of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

Education

  • University of Saskatchewan, B.Ed., 1998
  • University of Saskatchewan, B.A., 2000
  • University of Saskatchewan, LL.B., 2003

Bar Admissions

  • Law Society of Saskatchewan
  • Law Society of Alberta

Recent Articles

Changes to Alberta Privacy Legislation Receive Royal Assent

Josh Macfadden

December 09, 2009 23:28

On October 27, 2009 Bill 54, involving proposed amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA"), passed first reading in the Alberta Legislature.  While generally seen as a fine-tuning of PIPA, the highlights of the Bill include: requiring that organizations...

Consultation Period Opens Regarding the Timber Marking Act and Rules

Josh Macfadden

December 09, 2009 19:52

The Copyright and Industrial Design Branch announced a consultation period (expiring January 8, 2010) to consider the repeal of the Timber Marking Act  (R.S., 1985, c. T-11) and Rules.  Never heard of the Timber Marking Act? You're not alone, however, CIPO has provided some...

Province Alberta Reviewing Changes to Privacy Legislation

Josh Macfadden

November 05, 2009 23:28

On October 27, 2009 Bill 54, involving proposed amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA"), passed first reading in the Alberta Legislature.  While generally seen as a fine-tuning of PIPA, the highlights of the Bill include: requiring that organizations...

ICANN Announcement to "Internationalize" Domain Names

Josh Macfadden

November 02, 2009 21:53

On October 30, 2009, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), the non-profit corporation which administers and sets policies related to the Internet, domain names, etc., announced the roll-out of internationalized domain names (i.e. domain addresses utilizing...

Chris Bosh Awarded Control Over Domain Names

Josh Macfadden

October 14, 2009 22:25

In a development illustrative of the importance of the Internet and social media to professional athletes and celebrities desiring to control their online image, a novel decision of a United States federal court in California awarded Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh control of the domain...