Area of Practice

All aspects of intellectual property law including strategic planning and management, drafting and prosecution, licensing and opinions.

Education & Bar Admissions

B.Sc. (Physics), University of Toronto, 1985
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1988

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario, 1990
Registered Canadian Patent Agent, 1993
Registered United States Patent Agent, 1994
Registered Canadian Trademark Agent

Profile

Robin Coster is of counsel with Bereskin & Parr and works out of the firm's Mississauga office. He is a registered patent and trade mark agent in Canada and a registered patent agent in the United States.

Robin holds a B.Sc. in physics from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was a partner with Bereskin & Parr prior to joining the partnership of an international business law firm where he helped to establish its IP practice and head its IP Financial Services and IP Management groups. During that time, Robin acted as IP advisor on a number of Canada's major corporate transactions and advised a number of Canada's leading companies on their IP strategy.

Robin's practice focuses on strategic planning and management of IP assets including patents, designs and trade marks and related drafting and prosecution, licensing and opinions. He advises clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, computer systems and software, alternative energies and manufacturing, on strategies for protecting and exploiting IP assets and assesses the IP portfolios of competitors, potential acquisitions and licensors.

Robin regularly writes and speaks on topics relating to IP strategy and management including "Patentability of Business Methods Invitational Forum -Business and Financial Implications for Canadian Business" (Northwind Professional Institute April 2008), "Staking a Claim - Prospecting for Patents" (Canadian Payments Association Annual Conference June 2007), "Is Canada's Climate Improving for Patentability of Business Methods?" (American Lawyer Media's Law.com April 2007), "The IP Discussion in Canada Heats Up" (Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (New York) October 2006), "Patenting Insurance Innovations" (Canadian Insurance Magazine July 1, 2006), "Maximizing Your Profit Potential by Successfully Developing and Managing Your IP Portfolio (Canadian Institute, June 2006), "The Case File Series in Business law: IP Issues" (Law Society of Upper Canada, March 2006), "Patents and the Financial Services Sector" (Torys client seminars February 2006 and 2005), "Patent Intelligence Report: Financial Services Industry" (Torys client publication June 2005), "Advanced IP Licensing" (Canadian Institute June 2003), "Optimizing Shareholder Return through Strategic IP Management" (Deloitte-Torys Roundtable Series February 2003), "From First-to-Invent to First-to-File: The Canadian Experience" (AIPLA Plenary Session (New York) April 2002).

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association (ABA)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Toronto Intellectual Property Group (TIPG)