Practice Profile - Associate in McLennan Ross's Edmonton office who spearheads our intellectual property (trade-mark & copyright) practice
- Registered Trademark Agent in Canada and a Registered Foreign Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Education includes a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the University of Alberta, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria
- Studied at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy, and also at Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands, focusing on e-commerce, competition law and European Union law
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, and Executive Member of the CBA Intellectual Property Law Section (Northern Alberta)
Representative Work - Intellectual property - prosecution of trade-mark applications and opposition proceedings, advising on trademark infringement matters, advising on copyright protection and infringement matters, and licensing and management of intellectual property assets
- Has worked for a major university on contract review in the context of drafting internal agreements and external ventures with other educational institutions domestically and abroad
- Banking and corporate - financing matters, commercial leases, real estate, corporate governance
- Experience includes work for law firms in Canada and Washington, D.C., a provincial government agency, and the judiciary in Nunavut
To contact Leo, call 780.482.9214 or email lcaffaro@mross.com
Bar Admissions
Province of Alberta, 2003
Northwest Territories, 2007
Education
University of Victoria, 2002, LL.B.
University of Alberta, 1998, B.A.
University of Alberta, 1997, B.Sc.
Published Works
- "What's Yours is Mine: Issues in Private Legal Disputes Regarding Title of Stolen Art and Artifacts" Appeal: A Review of Current Law and Reform (Victoria, Appeal Publishing Society, Vol. 8 2002), pp. 46 - 59
Representative Clients
Intellectual property - prosecution of trade-mark applications, advising on trademark infringement matters, and advising on copyright protection and infringement matters, licensing of intellectual property assets
Banking and corporate - financing matters, commercial leases, real estate, corporate governance
Professional Associations and Memberships
Member, Canadian Bar Association, and Executive Member of the CBA Intellectual Property Law Section (Northern Alberta)
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