Chantal Desjardins joined Goudreau Gage Dubuc in 1985. She is a lawyer specialized in intellectual property since 1981 and co-managing partner of the firm since January 2006. She contributes actively to the development of her clients’ rights in this field, which includes the protection of trade-marks, industrial designs, copyright, domain names and other related forms of intellectual property, in order to promote her clients’ business goals.
Me Desjardins is one of the Leading Trademark Practitioners selected by Who's Who Legal amongst the best trademark experts in Canada, as well as one of the Leading Trademark Professionals selected by World Trademark Review 1000 (2012 Edition).
Chantal Desjardins represents her clients in the examination of applications, opposition proceedings and litigation in Canada and in other countries. She negotiates licences and technology transfers, advises and defends clients' rights in the field of advertising and labelling. She manages the trade-mark, industrial design, copyright and licensing sections of the firm. She regularly gives conferences, seminars and courses and published articles on intellectual property matters.
| Quebec Bar | ||
| 2006 | Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation | |
| Canadian Bar Association | ||
| Member of Council of CBA-Québec | ||
| Member of the Organizing Committee of 2003 Annual Meeting | ||
| Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) | ||
| 2008 | Member of the Industrial Design Committee | |
| 2004 -2006 | Member of the Madrid Protocol Liaison Committee | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Member of the Education Committee | |
| 1998 | Director of the Advanced Course on Trade-marks offered by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and McGill University | |
| 1997 | Assistant-Director of the Advanced Course on Trade-marks offered by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and McGill University | |
| 1996 - 1997 | Member of the Trade-mark Practices Committee | |
| Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) | ||
| Association des Praticiens du droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM) | ||
| International Trademark Association (INTA) : | ||
| 2005 - | Member of the Forum Committee | |
| 1998 - 2000 | Member of the Roundtable Committee | |
| 1996 - 1997 | Member of the Planning Committee | |
| 1996 | Member of the Legislative Analysis Committee | |
| 1990 - 1993 | Member of the Publication Committee | |
| Board of Trade Metropolitan Montreal | ||
| 2002 | President ex-officio of the Bussiness Women in Action committee | |
| 2000 - 2002 | President of Business Women in Action | |
| 1998 | Vice-President of the Comité de lecture and Member of the Executive Committee of Business Women in Action | |
| 1997 - 1999 | Member of the Organizing Committee of the Networking Dinner of Business Women in Action | |
| European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) | ||
| Former Assistant Editor for the "Canadian Legislative Report" and responsible for the synopsis for the Quebec legislations | ||
| 2009- | Board Member of the Fondation du Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) | |
| Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) | ||
| World Trademark Review 1000 | ||
| 2011, 2012 | Leading Trademark Professionals | |
| Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010, 2011 | ||
| 2010, 2011 | Leading Trademark Practitioner | |
| The International Who's Who of Trademarks Lawyers | ||
| 2011, 2012 | Leading Practitioner | |
| Member of the Board, Chœur de chambre du Québec | ||
| "Procédure de radiation des enregistrements de marques", Barreau du Québec, Montreal, November 2011 | ||
| "Marques sous haute surveillance", Barreau du Québec, Montreal, November 2008 | ||
| "Are we speaking the same language", INTA Annual Meeting Toronto 2006, May 2006 | ||
| "Licence de marques de commerce, Survol des décisions administratives et judiciaires récentes", Développements récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle, Vol. 215, 2004 | ||
| "Keep an eye on how others use your trade-mark: a simple authorization is generally not enough!", Newsletter GGData, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 2004 | ||
| "Le contrôle en droit canadien des marques de commerce et un second regard sur l’article 50", Les Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2001 | ||
| "Infringement of Trade-marks Relating to Products on a Website", Newsletter GGData, Vol. 1, No. 5, December 2001 | ||
| "Drawing the Line Between Comparative Advertising and Third Party Use: Canada", International Trademark Association, 1997 | ||
| Coates, M. A., Desjardins, C., McGurhill, G.,"Canadian Trademark Practice and Procedure", International Trademark Association, Practice Paper No. 3, 1993. | ||
| "Les derniers développements jurisprudentiels dans le droit des marques", Continuing Education Department, Quebec Bar, 1991 | ||
| Desjardins, C., Tremblay, C., "Aide-Mémoire. Marques de commerce", Wilson & Lafleur, 1990 | ||
| "Pourquoi conserver l'article 49 dans la Loi sur les marques de commerce?" 2 C.I.P.R. 295, 1986 | ||
| "Le parasitisme", RPM, Montreal, April 2013 | ||
| "La propriété intellectuelle comme actif d'entreprise", Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montreal, April 2, 2012 | ||
| "La propriété intellectuelle comme actif d'entreprise", presented to a group of Legal Professionals, Montreal, February 2012 | ||
| "Procédure de radiation des enregistrements de marques", conférence du Barreau du Québec : "Les développements récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle", Montreal, November 18, 2011 | ||
| "How to win the speed-dating by protecting packaging or Protecting packaging in Canada", 2010 FICPI ABC Meeting, Ottawa, June 18, 2010 | ||
| "Panel sur la pratique en droit des marques Canada-U.S.", Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM), Paris, France, September 2009 | ||
| «L'Ère post jeux et fête», The Canadian Institute, Montreal, November 2008 | ||
| "Noms de produits de santé à présentation et à consonance semblables", Regroupement des praticiens du droit des marques de commerce (RPM), Montreal, June 2008 | ||
| «Les chemins de la réussite d’une carrière/trouver sa passion : Prendre des risques», Career Women Interaction, Montréal, September 2007 | ||
| "Droits des marques et modèles au Canada et aux États-Unis", Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM), Paris, France, June 2007 | ||
| "Le point sur les exigences en matière de licences de marques de commerce au Canada : comment faut-il gérer l’utilisation de la marque par d’autres entreprises (y compris à l’intérieur du même regroupement) pour éviter de compromettre leur validité", Regroupement des praticiens du droit des marques de commerce (RPM), Montreal, April 2007 | ||
| "Conflicts : Where and how to draw the line", IPIC 80th Annual Meeting, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, September 2006 | ||
| Speaker "Are we speaking the same language", INTA Annual Meeting Toronto 2006, May 2006 | ||
| President of the second day at the forum on the “Women Leadership”, Canadian Institute, April 2006 | ||
| "Women and Technology", "Understanding the current issues", Career Women Interaction, Montreal, Quebec, February 2006 | ||
| Moderator at the “INTA Emerging Issues Forum”, Savannah, Georgia, February 2006 | ||
| "Pourquoi s’attarder au territoire alors que nous sommes tous citoyens du village global?", The Canadian Institute, Montreal, June 2005 | ||
| "Les licences en marques : une interprétation sclérosée ?" Canadian Bar Association, October 2002 | ||
| "Contre-interrogatoire simulé", Bi-annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Intellectual Property, Ottawa, March 2002 | ||
| Honorary President of the VIth "Forum québécois pour les femmes-cadres" organized by the "Institut International de Recherche", January 2001 | ||
| "Les aspects légaux de la propriété intellectuelle", presented at the Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM), November 20, 2000 | ||
| "Intellectual Property in the New Millenium. Non-Traditional Trade-marks. Animated Trade-marks and Two-Dimensional Get-Up", Annual Meeting Congress of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Quebec City, September 1999 | ||
| "Deontology in intellectual property practise", Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Montreal, November 6, 1997 | ||
| "Drawing the Line Between Comparative Advertising and Third Party Use: Canada", International Trade-Mark Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, May 7, 1997 | ||
| "L'avenir de l'adhésion du Canada aux conventions internationales", Quebec City, 1996 | ||
| "The knock-off", conference organized in conjunction with Goudreau Gage Dubuc and Martineau Walker, Montreal, 1995 | ||
| "Le licensing au Canada", IRPI Henri-Desbois Intellectual Property Research Institute and Paris Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 1994 | ||
| "Les derniers développements jurisprudentiels dans le droit des marques", Service de la formation permanente, Quebec Bar Association, Montreal, 1991 | ||
| "Pourquoi conserver l'article 49 dans la Loi sur les marques de commerce?", London, Ontario, 1986 | ||
| Workshops on the basic and advanced courses relating to trade-marks. Courses organized by McGill University and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada | ||
| Roundtable guest speaker on various intellectual property subjects for the International Trademark Association | ||
| Training sessions on trade-marks, copyrights, trade secrets and related topics for various clients | ||
| Called to the Quebec Bar in 1985 | ||
| Diploma in Notarial law, Université de Montréal, 1980 | ||
| L.L.L., Université de Montréal, 1979 | ||