Grant . Lynds
Marks & Clerk LLP
Grant Lynds is a partner with Marks & Clerk in Canada, and his practice focuses on contentious trademark matters as well as patent and industrial design prosecution and IP licensing. Before returning to private practice in 2005, Grant spent several years as in-house IP licensing and litigation counsel for Nortel, a multinational telecommunications company. In that role, Grant negotiated patent licences and managed US and Canadian litigation, arbitration and mediation in a variety of subject areas, including patent and copyright infringement and litigation regarding patent indemnities. After graduating in mechanical engineering, Grant started his career as a production engineer in the oil and gas industry with Shell Canada and also worked as an Internal Auditor during a cross-functional transfer within Shell. Grant is the current President of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the professional association with approximately 1600 members of patent agents, trademark agents and lawyers practising in IP law throughout Canada. Grant was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 to 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the field of Intellectual Property Law. Grant has also been listed as an expert by Who's Who Legal: Patents for the 2016 to 2018 editions, by Managing Intellectual Property as an IP Star (Trademark) in 2018 and as one of the World's Leading Practitioners in the 2016 and 2018 editions of Euromoney's Expert Guides - Trade Mark. Grant was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1997 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2001. Grant is also a registered patent and trademark agent in Canada and a professional engineer in Alberta and Ontario.
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