Catherine Bergeron appointed partner of the firm

ROBIC is pleased to welcome Catherine Bergeron as partner of the firm.

Catherine Bergeron is a lawyer and trade-mark agent. She started her career at ROBIC, completing her first internship in 2000 and her articling in 2001. Catherine has been with the firm’s trade-mark department ever since. Catherine specializes in trade-mark prosecution, litigation and strategic management of trade-marks portfolios. She regularly conducts trade-mark searches to advise clients on the availability of trade-marks in Canada, and is involved in all stages of the process of registering trade-marks, from the development of an optimal filing strategy to the adoption of a policy regarding the use of trade-marks for a better protection of the clients’ rights.

Apart form her core practice area, Catherine advises clients in copyright matters and developed an expertise in regulatory advertising matters as well as product packaging and labelling, particularly in the food and cosmetic industries. She also advises clients reqarding the requirements under the Charter of the French Language.

She is called to lecture in various forums and regularly writes for a variety of publications, including the Quebec JurisClasseur on intellectual property.