55 Metcalfe St, Suite 900, PO Box 2999, Stn D, Ottawa, ON
Year called to bar: 2000
Tim Bourne is a principal in the Ottawa office. Tim’s practice covers trademark and industrial design strategy as well as advising clients on domain names and licensing. Tim guides our clients through all stages of the trademark registration process. He has provided hundreds of clearance opinions to both local clients and multinational corporations. Before filing applications, Tim recommends filing strategies that account for trademark use, geographical scope, and cost effectiveness. Finally, while prosecuting trademark applications, Tim regularly overcomes both formal and substantive objections raised by the Trademarks Office in a manner that preserves our clients’ trademark rights. Tim has taught advanced trademarks law at the University of Ottawa. Tim also has developed significant experience in the niche area of industrial designs. For years he acted as a liaison between members of the profession and the Industrial Design Office. Tim has a special interest in the enforcement of trademark rights in the domain name context and online. He adjudicates .ca domain name disputes under the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s Dispute Resolution Procedure.
