Frédéric Letendre is an attorney, founding partner of YULEX, and a trademark agent. He has over 30 years of experience in domestic and international business law, intellectual property, and technology law. He primarily works with a client base of innovative and technology-driven SMEs in Canada and abroad.
As an attorney specializing in IP and IT, he is involved with local and international digital companies at every stage, from startups to well-established businesses. He began his career in Europe (Brussels, Paris, and Warsaw). He has developed expertise in strategic alliances, licensing, and the creation and operation of companies active in various sectors such as e-commerce, communications, MedTech, EdTech, AI, and technology manufacturing. He also leads transactions involving the acquisition or sale of companies or technologies.
Frédéric is YULEX’s designated representative at Interlegal and Lexing, two international legal networks offering expertise in business law, intellectual property, and technology in over 60 countries and across five continents.
He has been involved in the academic community as a lecturer for over 20 years. He currently supervises the intellectual property entrepreneurship legal clinic at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke. He has taught the legal aspects of communication and marketing in the master’s program in communication at the School of Management of the Université de Sherbrooke. He has also served as a lecturer in technology transfer for the master’s program in technology law at the Université de Montréal.
In addition, Frédéric serves or has served on various boards of directors for organizations involved in economic or technological development. He is also a guest speaker in Canada and Europe in his areas of expertise; his most recent presentations were in London and focused on AI. He participates in numerous workshops, webinars, and judging panels for entrepreneurial competitions.
If he hadn’t “discovered” the Internet at the very beginning of his career and integrated his technological curiosity into the practice of law, he likely wouldn’t be a practicing attorney today. God only knows what he would have ended up doing.
The different methods of marketing industrial designs: transfer vs. licenseRegistering an original industrial design has a significant impact on how it is marketed. When you are the owner of your industrial design and have obtained its registration from theIntellectual Property Office (OPIC), you have the exclusive right to the ownership of your design for a period of 10 years from the date of its registration.
Canada's accession to the Madrid Protocol: making your trademark travel internationallyCanada's accession to the Madrid Protocol on June 17 will allow Canadian businesses to protect their trademarks abroad. Below is a summary overview of the Madrid Protocol, its benefits, and the changes to be expected in Canadian trademark law.
De nouvelles exigences pour vos entreprises fédérales dès juin 2019!As of June 13, 2019, any private company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act will have to comply with new standards aimed at preventing the use of companies for tax evasion and other criminal purposes including money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorist activities.
