Assistant
Trisha Doré is a registered Trade-mark agent who has been practising in the field of trade-mark laws since 1989. She specializes in the preparation, filing and prosecution of trade-mark applications and oppositions in both Canada and the United States of America. Trisha is recognized to practise before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trade-mark Office. Prior to joining Richards Buell Sutton LLP in July 2001, she practised for 12 years with a Vancouver firm which dealt exclusively in intellectual property with its primary focus on trade-marks.
Trisha specializes in trade-mark development, trade-mark availability, searching, trade-mark prosecution and opposition. Advising clients on specific strategies in the development and evolution of trade mark portfolios for both domestic and international clients. Working with clients to create a framework for the administration, proper use, licensing of marks and policing of counterfeiting. With a particular focus on world wide portfolio management.
Representative Client Work
- Multi National Pharmaceutical
- Largest auctioneering house
- National Airlines
- Multi National cosmetic company
- Multi National food corporation
- One of the world's largest glass houseware manufacturer
Trisha works closely with in-house counsel, foreign associates and their internal clients, to ensure strategy decisions fit with commercial objectives. In conjunction with her clients, Trisha has developed and implemented the brand protection strategy for some of most valuable and recognizable brands.
Professional Affiliations
- Chair, Patent and Trademark Association of British Columbia (PTABC)
- Member, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
- Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member, Patent and Trade Mark Association of British Columbia (PTABC)
- Committee Assignment - Trade-mark Office Practices Examination Subcommittee (2006-2009)
- Committee Assignment - Anti Counterfeiting & Enforcement Committee (2004-2005)
Honours & Awards
- Recipient, The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's Endowment Memorial Prize for the highest results in Canada on the trade-mark agents examination, 1995
Background
Trisha was born and raised on the West Coast with the exception of education abroad in the Netherlands. She enjoys traveling and the opportunity of working with clients from all over the world experiencing many different business cultures.
Practice areas
Education
- Registered Trade-mark Agent
- Recognized by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office







