Melissa L. Heywood, Trademark Agent

Melissa Heywood specializes exclusively in the field of trade-mark law providing advice to clients in the development and registration of trade-marks, monitoring the marketplace for possible infringement and the enforcement of trade-mark rights.  Melissa handles national and international trade-mark portfolios by attending to trade-mark registration in Canada and the United States, and by coordinating trade-mark registration around the world.

Representative Client Work

• Representing foreign law firms with respect to the registration of trade-marks in Canada
• Representing entities with respect to international trade-mark portfolios
• Representing clients in trade-mark opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings and settlement negotiations
• Collaborating with lawyers with respect to the adoption of corporate and business names, the adoption of domain names, trade-mark litigation, the transfer and licensing of trade-marks, corporate/franchising matters which involve trade-mark issues, legal research and investigations
• Representing entities in a wide scope of industries, including but not limited to:  a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic, a geotechnical support solutions and construction technology company, a real estate development and property management company, a building restoration and emergency disaster response company, a supplier to the insulation, roofing and siding industries, a waste management and diversion company, a commercial and industrial recycling company, financial and investment companies, a human resources specialist, a culinary institute, fashion designers, health spas, a senior care facilities operator, a gaming company, producers of nutritional supplements, technology and software companies, food and beverage companies and an optical retailer

Professional Affiliations

• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
• Patent and Trademark Association of BC (PTABC) 

Background

Melissa is both a small town and big city girl having been raised in Shalalth, Quadra Island and Campbell River, BC and then settling in the Lower Mainland in 1998.  Melissa enjoys working on renovation projects around home and is an avid Canucks fan.