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Patricia Seguin Associée/Partner Montréal

Patricia Seguin

Trademark Agent | Consultant Fasken
The proper use of trademarks in the digital universe is a topic of increasing concern for business owners.
Jurisdiction Québec, 1986
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Patricia Seguin has been managing large national and international trademark portfolios for more than 35 years. She provides opinions and creative advice on trademark selection, availability and infringement. Patricia actively prosecutes and defends trademark registered or not.

Patricia uses her personalized approach and comprehensive view of the client’s needs to offer creative, effective and customized solutions that enhance the value of intellectual property assets. Clients can then fully benefit from their trademark, which often constitutes a large or small company’s greatest asset.  

Patricia regularly supports branding, marketing and research and development teams of well-established companies or start-ups that want to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property rights. She also helps in-house counsel develop effective and strategic management for trademark portfolios.

Achievements

  • Recognized nationwide in Canada as a leading trademark professional , World Trademark Review 2026
  • Recognized in the area of Intellectual Property Law in Montreal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Intellectual Property, Lexpert 2025 to 2026
  • Recognized in IP STARS as a Trade mark star in Canada, IP Stars 2023 to 2025
  • Recognized nationwide in Canada as a leading trademark professional, World Trademark Review 2022 to 2024
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Intellectual Property, Lexpert 2021 to 2023
  • Recognized in IP STARS as a Trademark star in Canada, IP Stars 2020 to 2021
  • Recognized as one of the world’s leading trade-mark practitioners by the WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, published by World Trademark Review , World Trademark Review 2018 to 2020
  • Recognized by the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars in the area of Trademark, IP Stars 2019
  • Recognized as one of the world’s leading trade-mark practitioners in the 2015 edition of the WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, published by World Trademark Review , World Trademark Review 2015
World Trademark Review Publication name with laurels World Trademark Review Recognized as one of the world’s leading trade-mark practitioners by the WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, published by World Trademark Review
2019 IP Stars Recognized by the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars in the area of Trademark

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB University of Montreal

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
  • Member, APRAM
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, International Trademark Association

Knowledge

  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Trademark Oppositions in Canada, 4/26/2024
  • Compliance Alert: Time to File Trademark Applications in Order to Comply with Charter of the French Language, 11/1/2023
  • Registering a Trademark in Canada, 4/11/2022
  • Registering Your Trademark in Canada: What Are the Key Elements to Consider When Filing Applications Under the Madrid Protocol Designating Canada?, 11/29/2021
  • Registering your trademark abroad: Is the Madrid Protocol the best strategy?, 6/17/2021
  • Amendments to the Trade-Marks Act : Loophole in the Official Mark Fortress, 4/1/2019

Events

  • 2025 INTA Annual Meeting, 5/17/2025
  • 2024 INTA Annual Meeting, 5/18/2024
  • 2019 INTA Annual Meeting, 5/18/2019
  • Réforme majeure de 2019 : Remettez à jour votre stratégie de marques!, 4/30/2019
  • Trademark selection and management: Protecting your brand worldwide, 4/18/2018
  • Trademark examination, 2/22/2017
  • Life Sciences Forum, 5/19/2016

News

  • Fasken Recognized in the 2022 edition of World Trademark Review 1000, 3/4/2022
  • Thirteen Fasken lawyers recognized as IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property, 8/4/2021
  • Fasken Recognized in the 2021 edition of World Trademark Review 1000, 2/19/2021
  • Fourteen Fasken lawyers recognized as IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property, 6/22/2020
  • Fasken Recognized in the 2020 edition of World Trademark Review 1000, 2/21/2020
  • Fasken’s Julie Desrosiers recognized in the 2019 edition of IP Stars Top 250 Women in IP, 6/6/2019
  • Five Fasken Lawyers Recognized in the 2019 edition of World Trademark Review 1000, 2/5/2019
  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018
  • WTR 1000 Recognizes Four Fasken Lawyers as the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals in 2018, 3/7/2018
  • Four Fasken Martineau Lawyers Recognized in the 2017 Edition of World Trademark Review 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, 1/25/2017

Publications

  • The freedom of use of a trademark in a language other than French is confirmed thanks to international treaties, 8/8/2014
Article The freedom of use of a trademark in a language other than French is confirmed thanks to international treaties

Speaking Engagements

  • Choix et gestion d'une marque de commerce: étendre sa protection à l'étranger, ce qu'il vaut mieux savoir, 6/13/2019
  • 2017 INTA Annual Meeting, 5/20/2017
  • How to develop a global trademark, 4/28/2015
Speaker Choix et gestion d'une marque de commerce: étendre sa protection à l'étranger, ce qu'il vaut mieux savoir Canadian Associations of Paralegals 2019 Annual Convention
2017 INTA Annual Meeting location location Barcelona
How to develop a global trademark Workshop - 7th Fasken Martineau Symposium location location Montreal