Yonida Koukio
Biography
Yonida is a Business and Intellectual Property Lawyer at Oziel Law, a boutique technology law firm in Toronto. She works closely with innovative start-ups at all stages of their business from their inception up to an M&A or go-public transaction. Yonida regularly represents foreign companies in establishing a presence in Canada to access the North American markets with work that includes setting up and structuring subsidiaries, IP transfer and brand protection, and corporate finance. She assists corporations throughout their lifecycle with strategy and drafting of various corporate, technology and IP, privacy, financing, and employment contracts. Her previous professional experience includes working at two full-service national law firms in roles relating to legal, knowledge management, innovation, and business development. She led projects pertaining to machine-learning contract analysis, and automation of due diligence review of corporate, private equity, and financial agreements. She also co-founded an award-winning SaaS startup that simplifies the outsourcing of legal tasks between lawyers. Prior to her legal career in Ontario, Yonida practiced law in Athens, Greece. She holds LLB and LLM degrees from Democritus University of Thrace, and more recently an LLM in Business and IP Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Martin Brandsma
Biography
Martin’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property litigation and IP strategy including matters relating to patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and industrial designs. He has extensive experience representing a broad range of clients including those in biotechnology, life sciences, consumer goods, technology, telecommunications, sound recording, and collective rights management. He also regularly acts in pharmaceutical patent cases under Canada’s Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, representing some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, in both the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal. Martin is also an active member of the Canadian IP community, participating on various IP-related committees, and is regularly invited to speak on topics affecting protection of and enforcement of IP in Canada. Prior to attending law school, Martin obtained a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology/Genetics from Western University. His research focused on the design, production and optimization of novel recombinant therapeutic biologics.
Paul Lomic
Biography
Paul Lomic is an intellectual property and litigation lawyer at Lomic Law. Paul's practice is focused on resolving intellectual property and commercial disputes, including matters involving patents, trademarks, copyright, social media/internet and confidential information. As a registered trademark agent, Paul conducts opposition and cancellation proceedings and assists his clients with managing and protecting their trademark portfolios.
Paul serves as a Council member for the Ontario Bar Association and is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). Paul is a frequent contributor to legal education seminars and legal publications. Social Media and Internet Law - Forms and Precedents published by LexisNexis is Paul's first book. More information about the book can be found at http://tinyurl.com/k4vpwbn
Selected litigation experience:
• Lefebvre v. Pow, [2014] F.C.J. No. 613: Successfully defended an appeal in the Federal Court
• 1734983 Ontario Inc. et al. v. Tortoise Restaurant Group Inc., [2013] O.J. No. 2692: Franchising law – successfully opposed a motion to separate a counterclaim.
• Plant Products v. Greenstar Plant Products, 2011 TMOB 220: Opposed a trade-mark application that resulted in protecting the wares covered by the client’s products.
• Destiny Software Productions, Inc. v. Musicrypt Inc., 2011 ONSC 470: Opposed a summary judgment motion to dismiss a counterclaim in its entirety preserving the client’s key causes of action.
• Kiss My Face Corporation v. LaPointe Rosenstein LLP, 2011 FC 150 (T-478-10): Represented a client in a section 45 appeal that reinstated the client’s trade-mark.
• J2 Global Communications and Catch Curve v. Protus, 2010 FC 572: Successfully defended against an appeal with costs awarded to the client.
• Belzberg v. Commissioner of Patents, 2009 FC 657 (T-248-08): Represented a client in a judicial review that forced the Commissioner of Patents to award a patent to the client. The client was awarded costs (co-counsel).
Articles and Papers
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Court balances privacy rights and copyright enforcement” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), May 2014, Volume 33, No. 2
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Federal Court awards $10.5 million for copyright infringment” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), April 2014, Volume 33, No. 1
• Tiffany Soucy, Kiran Bains and Paul Lomic, “Canada introduces bill to combat counterfeiting” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), June 2013, Volume 32, No. 3
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Supreme Court clarifies sufficiency of disclosure” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), January 2013, Volume 31, No. 10
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Sound trade-marks registrable in Canada” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), June 2012, Volume 31, No. 3
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Case Summary: Eurocopter v. Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limiteé, [2012] FC 113”, IPIC Bulletin, March/April 2012, Vo. 312, pp. 6-7
• Matthew Norwood and Paul Lomic, “New approach for summary judgment in Ontario courts” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), March 2012, Volume 30, No. 12
• Co-chair, Protecting Innovation in High-Tech Industries, Ontario Bar Assoiciation, Continuing legal education seminar, May 24, 2012
• Benjamin Mak, Matthew Norwood, Robert Wilkes and Paul Lomic, "Business Methods" patentable: Amazon.com update, Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), February 2012, Volume 30, No. 11
• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Appeal on lack of sound prediction succeeds” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), December 2011, Volume 30, No. 9
• Paul Tackaberry and Paul Lomic, “Supreme Court clarifies ‘likelihood of confusion’ test” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), August 2011, Volume 30, No. 5
• Joanna Pitkin and Paul Lomic, “Canadian court denies stay despite concurrent U.S. action” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), July 2011, Volume 30, No. 4
• Benjamin E. Mak and Paul V. Lomic, “Business Methods can be patented” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), December 2010, Volume 29, No. 9
• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson “Court finds online music previews are fair dealing” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), July 2010, Volume 29, No. 4
• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson “Federal Courts improving litigation process” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), August 2009, Volume 28, No. 5
• Mala Joshi, Paul Lomic and Dylan White “Overview of Intellectual Property”, Written Materials for Ontario Bar Association (Continuing Legal Education - Seminar) “Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context”, May 4, 2009
• Paul V. Lomic “Federal Court initiatives streamline adversarial process” The Lawyers Weekly (a LexisNexis Publication), January 30, 2009
• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson “Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upholds selection patents” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), January 2009, Volume 27, No. 10
Presentations
• Co-chair, Divine Discoveries: Building a Great Case, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 7, 2014
• Speaker, “An Overview of the Judicial Review Process”, Your First Judicial Review ,Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 7, 2013
• Co-chair, Your First Civil Trial, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 8, 2013
• Co-chair, Protecting Innovation in High-Tech Industries, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 24, 2012
• Faculty, Essential IP Elements and Concepts, Osgoode Professional Development, Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements, February 7, 2012
• Co-chair, Divine Discoveries: Building a Great Case, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, April 19, 2012
• Co-chair, Your First Civil Trial, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 9, 2012
• Co-chair, Dialogue with the Bench and Bar: Tools and Tactics to Improve Your Advocacy Skills, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, October 4, 2011
• Co-chair, Dialogue with the Bench and Bar: Tools and Tactics to Improve Your Advocacy Skills, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, September 29, 2009
• Co-chair, Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 4, 2009
• Co-chair, More Than Simply Inserting an ® Symbol, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 10, 2007
