Christian Bolduc

1994, Quebec
1995, Registered Trade-mark Agent

Professional Involvement

Memberships
•fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
Chair of the International Trademark Issues Committee
past Chair of the IPIC-McGill Courses Liaison Committee 2006, 2007, 2008
•Member, International Trademark Association: member of the International Amicus Committee
•Member, Association des praticiens du droit des marques et des modeles (APRAM)
•Member, European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
member of the Publication Committee
•President, organizing committee of the Forum on Intellectual Property - Quebec (FORPIQ) meeting held in 2009
previously member of organizing committee for the FORPIQ meetings held in 2007 and 2005

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Chair of the International Trademark Issues Committee; past Chair of the IPIC-McGill Courses Liaison Committee 2006, 2007, 2008; member of the Trademark Legislation Committee
•Member, International Trademark Association: member of the Limits on Trademark Rights Subcommittee of the Emerging Issues Committee
•Member,Association des praticiens du droit des marques et des modeles(APRAM)
•Member, European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA); member of the Law Committee; member of the Publication Committee
•President, organizing committee of the Forum on Intellectual Property - Quebec (FORPIQ) meeting held in 2009; previously member of organizing committee for the FORPIQ meetings held in 2007 and 2005

Speaking engagements

•The Charter of the French Language: The Erosion of the Recognized Trademark Exception, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, January 2013
•The Madrid Protocol and Singapore Treaty - What Canadian Practitioners Need to Know (moderator), Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, May 2012
•Trademark Law: Practical Considerations and Global Approach, presentation to members ofl'Association du Jeune Barreau de Montreal, February 2012
•Strategies gagnantes en droit des marques nord-americains (co-panelist), panel discussion hosted by theAssociation des praticiens du droit des marques et des modeles(APRAM), Paris, September 2009
•Utility of trademarks, panel discussion hosted byL'Association des juristes pour l'avancement de la vie artistique(AJAVA), Montreal, June 2009
•Non-traditional trademarks (discussion chair), International Trademark Association roundtable, Montreal, March 2009
•Community Trademarks (panelist), Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Roadshow, Montreal, November 2008
•Protection de la propriete intellectuelle (co-chair), Canadian Institute conference, Montreal, November 2008
•Clinique du droit canadien et americain (co-panelist), panel discussion hosted by theAssociation des praticiens du droit des marques et des modeles(APRAM), Paris, June 2007
•Protection de l'objet utilitaire par droit d'auteur : mythe ou realite, Developpements recents en propriete intellectuelle, service de la formation continue du Barreau du Quebec, Montreal, November 2007
•Le traitement de la propriete intellectuelle sur Internet : Initiation a la gestion des risques et aux bonnes pratiques, E-Discovery INSIGHT conference, Montreal, November 2006

Teaching activities

•Preparing Trademark Applications and Use and Registrability Opinions, IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, August 2012 (and annually since 2004)
•Trademark Filing Strategies (workshop), IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, August 2010 (and annually since 2004)
•Tips and Strategy in Opposition (workshop), IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, August 2010 (and annually since 2004)
•Practical Considerations Regarding Trademarks and Copyrights,ecole de dessin industriel, Montreal, including April 2010 (and annually since 2001)