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Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy

Sangeetha’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and prosecution. Since her call to the Ontario Bar in 2004, she has acted in patent, trademark and copyright disputes and has appeared as counsel before the Federal Court, the Ontario Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. She is also a registered trademark agent, and practices both trademark and patent prosecution with an emphasis in the biotech and pharmaceutical fields where her educational background in molecular biology is an asset.

Sangeetha presently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Intellectual Property Journal published by Federated Press and the Canadian Intellectual Property Review. She is also an active member of the International Trademarks Association, the American Bar Association, the Toronto Intellectual Property Group, and the Canadian Bar Association. She is also an Associate member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Sangeetha has also presented and contributed several articles on intellectual property issues to various publications and continuing legal education seminars.

Sangeetha received her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2003. She has a background in molecular biology and physiology, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. degree in 2000.

 

Selected publications and presentations:

"A cross-border comparison of fraud on trade-marks offices", The Lawyers Weekly, Nov 2009 (co-author)

"AstraZeneca Canada Inc. and Aktiebolaget Hassle v. Apotex Inc., 2009 FC 1301", Case Summary, IPIC Bulletin, Jan/Feb 2009

"Exclusive rights in copyright", IPIC-McGill Summer Course on the Business of Copyright, McGill University, Montréal, August 2008

Commentary on Bill C-61 ("So You Want to Be a Rock-N-Roll Infringer....Or Not").  Commercial Times, July 2008 (co-author)

"Preparing the expert for cross-examination", CBA Advocacy before the Federal Court in IP Matters, May 2008 (co-author)

"Conflicting copyright interests in digital publications", MagNet: Canada’s Magazine Conference, June 2007 (co-presenter)

"Some impacts of digital technology on copyright law and practice in North America", (2006) 13 Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 839 (co-author)

"Fair dealing: a user right or a defence?" (2005) 22 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 11 (co-author)

"Copyright and the recording industry", OBA Hot Spots in Copyright Conference, May 2005 (co-author)