Nancy Cleman
Partner

Nancy Cleman is responsible for our Intellectual Property group. She is a registered trademark agent and an accredited mediator (commercial). Nancy has extensive experience both nationally and internationally and provides legal advice to a variety of corporate and commercial clients with a focus on intellectual property and information technology law.

She is active in community work and sits on several boards and committees. In addition, she regularly speaks and gives conferences on a variety of topics.

• Commercial Law
• Corporate Law and Business Advisory Services
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Licensing and Technology
• Intellectual Property

• B.C.L./LL.B., McGill University, 1981
• B.Sc. (Genetics), McGill University, 1977

• Member of the Quebec Bar
• Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member of The Canadian Bar Association
• Co-chair of the Access to Justice in the English Language Committee (The Bar of Montreal)
• Vice-president of the Canadian Technology Law Association
• Chair of the ADR Committee of IPIC (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada)
• Independent member of the Board of Directors of the Société de la Place des Arts
• Member of the SDAC Committee of CARTaGENE
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Women in STEM (YES Montreal)
• Member of the Program & Vigilance Committee (Le Portage)
• Member of the AJAVA (Association des juristes pour l’avancement de la vie artistique)
• Past President of the Lord Reading Law Society

• April 2019
  Changes to Canada’s Trade-marks Act come into force on June 17, 2019
• June 2017
  CASL: End of transition period for implicit consent
• December 2016
  Update: New French Language Requirements for Public Signage

• June 13, 2019
  Potpourri: Budget Changes, U.S.
• April 4, 2019
  International Privacy and Security Forum
• October 3, 2018
  Privacy and Security Forum
• September 26, 2018
  Data Theft and Invasion of Privacy Conference: Are you and your company ready to respond to a cyberattack?