Laura MacFarlane

Laura MacFarlane is a Calgary-based partner, the practice group leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, a Registered Canadian Trademark Agent as well as being active member of the firm’s Insurance, Labour + Employment and Dispute Resolution groups. In her broad roles, Laura provides a range of legal services and strategic advice to clients across many industries both domestically and internationally.

Laura has particular experience in advising clients on contentious intellectual property matters in all areas including trademarks, patents, copyright, and trade secrets. She is a skilled advocate both in and out of the courtroom. She has successfully obtained and resisted injunctive relief for her clients. She also has significant experience negotiating favourable resolution for her clients. When assisting intellectual property clients in her capacity as a trademark agent, Laura’s work in clearing, protecting and commercializing her client’s brands and managing their trademark portfolios spans a wide range of industries, which often includes technology, consumer goods, heavy industrial machinery, lifestyle brands, food, beverage and restaurants, among others.

In her employment practice, Laura provides strategic advice on a range of topics, with a particular focus on the intersection of employment matters and intellectual property rights; acting for employers, employees and contractors. In her insurance practice, Laura acts primarily on behalf of insurers in the course of claims defense on a variety of matters including casualty, motor vehicle, accident benefits, property loss, personal injury, professional liability, errors and omissions and bad faith claims. Laura also acts on a range of general dispute matters not covered in her other areas of practice, most often in respect of contractual disputes and defamation claims.