Cara Parisien

Cara Parisien specializes in intellectual property litigation and advises clients on matters involving copyright, trademarks, industrial design, trade secrets and patents. Cara also represents clients in civil and commercial litigation involving contractual and extracontractual liability disputes.

Cara has led several complex intellectual property litigation matters in recent years. She pleads before both federal and provincial courts.

Cara regularly works on cases involving emerging technologies, software and data protection. She combines her litigation practice with her particular interest in cybersecurity, cyberfraud and privacy by advising and assisting clients in the prevention and resolution of disputes arising from cyberincidents and data breaches.

Cara is the author of several publications in the Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle and is a regularly gives conferences various topics involving intellectual property and privacy.

Cara completed her Bachelor of Civil Law (LL.B.) and her Juris Doctor in North American Common Law (J.D.) at the University of Montreal. Prior to studying law, Cara obtained her Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree with an option in finance from the University of Ottawa.

Before joining ROBIC, Cara worked for several companies in the life sciences industry, as well as for the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Represented a major Internet service provider in the first dynamic site-blocking matter in Canada by media companies, seeking the blocking of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses illegally offering live streams of National Hockey League (NHL) games and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
• Represents a public aerospace company in a trade secret case involving several suppliers of The Boeing Company.
• Represents several universities and professors in a copyright case involving educational textbooks and software in the field of accounting.
• Litigated one of the first decisions in Canada applying the exception created by section 31 of the Copyright Act on retransmission.
• Represents a company involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of luggage and bags in a trademark infringement and passing-off case.
• Represents an international company involved in the production and development of seeds in a civil liability case.
• Represents a major Canadian company in the hotel industry in a trademark infringement and passing-off case.
• Successfully represented a multinational company in the motorcycle industry in a trademark infringement and passing-off case.
• Successfully represented an artificial intelligence and credit decisioning software company in a provisional injunction for defamation.
• Advises and represents a Canadian health and sleep care company in trademark and copyright infringement cases.