Jonathan Auerbach

Jonathan Auerbach is a partner, patent agent and trademark agent in the Intellectual Property Group. He has a broad range of experience in all aspects of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on patent, trademark and copyright litigation, prosecution, licensing, counseling and transactions. He is regarded as an IP strategist amongst clients and peers.

Jonathan also has extensive experience in the acquisition, clearance, prosecution, enforcement and licensing of trademarks, including representing clients in trademark opposition proceedings and Section 45 expungement proceedings and Patent Appeal Board proceedings. He also advises clients on Internet-related aspects of trademark and copyright law, including representing clients in domain name disputes.

Jonathan's IP transactional practice includes counselling with respect to the management and commercialization of intellectual property and the identification of intellectual property issues in corporate transactions. In this regard, he is routinely called upon to negotiate, draft, analyze and review complex IP and IT related agreements as well as to manage IP and IT due diligence investigations. He also prepares, negotiates and advises on purchase agreements, license agreements, sponsorship agreements, merchandising agreements, distributions agreements, JV agreements, influencer agreements, consulting agreements and employment agreements, as they pertain to intellectual property, information technology, software, e-commerce and related matters.

Jonathan’s litigation practice focuses on intellectual property infringement matters, enforcing against acts involving counterfeit products, the invalidation of intellectual property, registrations and intellectual property contract dispute matters.