William Audet

William Audet is an associate at Bereskin & Parr. His practice focuses on trademark protection, including clearance, prosecution, availability opinions, licensing, and enforcement, as well as protection of industrial designs and copyrights.

He also advises on marketing and advertising law, packaging and labelling requirements, privacy and data protection and Quebec French language issues.

William graduated from the LL.B. program at the Université de Sherbrooke where he also completed a Juris Doctor with a specialization in transnational law. William also completed a Master of Laws thesis which focused on copyright protection of artificial intelligence systems and works generated by them.

William has authored and co-authored several intellectual property articles. His publications include a co-authored intellectual property textbook titled Précis de propriété Intellectuelle.

Prior to being admitted to the Bar, William was both a summer student and an articling student with the firm.

William is fluent in both English and French.