Michel d’Amours is a corporate and business attorney with over 45 years of experience working with innovative companies (Barreau du Québec—1977). He has developed extensive knowledge of strategies surrounding the legal aspects of a business, enabling him to advise executives beyond mere legal matters.
He primarily focuses on financing, partnerships and shareholder agreements, business-related commercial agreements, and technical aspects of corporate law and reorganizations.
His extensive experience in corporate and commercial law is a significant asset for the team.
If you want to get him talking, ask him about scuba diving.
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.
