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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
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
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
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
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
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...
