About Arnold Ceballos

Qualifications

• Member of the Bar of Ontario
• Registered Canadian Trade-mark Agent

Education

• LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law) – Osgoode Hall Law School
• LL.B. – Dalhousie Law School
• M.A. – Stanford University
• B.A. – University of Toronto

Experience

Intellectual property lawyer at the leading Canadian boutique firm Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, and intellectual property and commercial litigation lawyer at business law firm Lang Michener (Toronto, Canada).

Memberships

• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
• Toronto Intellectual Property Group
• Canadian Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Stanford Alumni Association

Recent Publications

“Counterfeiting Hurts” (Opinion Piece), The Lawyers Weekly, June 24, 2005

“Federal Court Rules on Co-Pending Applications”, The Lawyers Weekly, February 11, 2005

“Registrar Can Issue a Second Trademark Expungement Notice”, World Trademark Law Report, September 1, 2004

“Validity Cannot Be Challenged During Opposition Proceedings”, World Trademark Law Report, July 14, 2004

“Reforms to Canada’s Copyright Regime Urged”, The Lawyers Weekly, July 2, 2004

“European Court of Justice Clarifies When a Refusal to Licence Copyright Violates European Competition Laws”, IPIC Bulletin, May/June 2004

“Sound Marks Accepted in Europe But Not in Canada”, The Lawyers Weekly, February 6, 2004 (With Brian Isaac)