Chris Wilson is internationally recognized as a leading Canadian intellectual property litigator. He acts as lead counsel in trademark, copyright, patent, and trade secrets litigation in the federal and BC courts. His work includes precedent-setting decisions on Internet keyword advertising and domain names, the constitutionality of Canada’s official marks regime, contempt, and one of the largest monetary judgments for breach of confidence in Canadian history. He manages IP matters across numerous industries, including alcoholic beverages, software and video games, consumer products, traditional and e-commerce retailers, regulatory bodies, financial services, and natural resources. His practice focuses on enforcement and disputes, including trademark actions, patent infringement and ownership disputes, copyright and industrial designs, parallel imports (grey marketing), and all manner of issues relating to the internet. Wilson is an honorary executive member and past chairman of the Canadian Bar Association’s national intellectual property section. He co-founded and co-hosts the annual BC Wine & Liquor Law Conference, and is a director of the International Wine Law Association and president of its Canadian chapter, AIDV Canada. He is a former software programmer.
