Marks & Clerk offers legal services to protect and commercialize IP, including patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, and trade secrets.

Description

Marks & Clerk is a world-leading intellectual property firm with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, the UK, Europe and Asia. The organization has experience helping inventors, founders and small business owners create and maximize the value of their IP. The firm’s lawyers, patent and trademark agents have experience across all areas of IP including patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets.

Marks & Clerk works with companies to develop an IP strategy aligned with its business plan. The team also implements the strategy and helps with identifying inventions, preparing invention disclosures, drafting and filing patent applications, searches and filing for trademarks, ensuring commercial agreements include IP clauses, and providing freedom-to-operate opinions to manage competitor IP risk.

For innovators pursuing funding, and/or preparing for an exit or IPO, Marks & Clerk also provides IP due diligence services.

Contact the team at Innovation Factory and CITM to access the perks and services offered to clients by Marks & Clerk.

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Quick Facts

  • Offers comprehensive intellectual property related services
  • Help with developing and implementing an IP strategy 
  • Freedom-to-operate, draft & file patent and TM applications
  • Support with protecting IP in commercial agreements and transactions

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Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the LiONS LAIR pitch competition!

Since 2011, we’ve helped over 160 startups launch and scale their businesses. This fall, network with 350+ entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders at a milestone evening where community, growth & collaboration meet innovation.

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When: September 25, 2025 | 5:00pm – 9:00pm 

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