Area of Practice

Patent and trade mark prosecution, litigation and licensing.

Education & Bar Admissions

B.S.(Physics), University of Texas, 1975
M.Sc.(Physics), University of British Columbia, 1977
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1980

Admitted to the Bar of Ontario, 1982
Registered Canadian Patent Agent
Registered United States Patent Agent
Registered Canadian Trade Mark Agent

Profile

Tim Sinnott is a partner with Bereskin & Parr, and heads the firm's Waterloo region office.

Tim is a barrister and solicitor, and a registered patent and trade mark agent in Canada and the United States, He is a certified specialist in intellectual property law (patents, trade marks and copyright) with the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Tim has a broad range of practice with expertise in providing strategic intellectual property advice to a wide variety of clients. Tim's practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent, trade mark, copyright and industrial design applications, and litigating and licensing intellectual property rights. He has a special interest in securing patent protection for mechanical and software inventions, and conducting patent validity and infringement studies. Tim was the only IP practitioner listed for Southwestern Ontario in the 2005 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Tim also has expertise in providing trade mark registrability and infringement opinions, representing parties in trademark opposition and summary expungement proceedings, and protecting and enforcing official marks for public authorities.

Professional Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Canadian IT Law Association (IT.Can)
Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF)
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC, Fellow)
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Waterloo Law Association (WLA)