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Mr Matthew Cook

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Work Department

Intellectual Property & Technology Law

Position

Matthew is an intellectual property and technology lawyer in Baker McKenzie’s Toronto office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2022, after working at a large multinational firm where he also specialized in intellectual property and technology law. He received his JD from the University of Toronto.

Matthew helps large and emerging businesses protect and commercialize their brands, ideas and technology. He has experience working with businesses, both new and established, to prosecute, manage and enforce their intellectual property. He also works closely with businesses to ensure that their IP and technology is properly commercialized at all stages of inception, development and use, by providing regulatory and licensing guidance in a number of fields, providing advice related to privacy law, and providing transactional support from an IP and privacy perspective.

Career

Matthew’s practice focuses both on the protection of intellectual property, and the commercialization of technology. He often assists international companies with global brand and asset management, including through trademark, copyright and patent prosecution, as well as providing IP advice in relation to licensing arrangements, commercial agreements and corporate transactions. He also helps businesses, both international and domestic, navigate a wide range of regulatory, licensing and privacy issues relating to the commercialization of their technology, including assisting with all aspects of privacy compliance across Canada, assessing regulatory compliance in a number of industries ranging from social media platforms to biotechnology, and drafting and reviewing commercial agreements related to technology.

Education

  • University of Toronto (J.D.) (2020)
  • Queen’s University (B.A.) (2017)

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Canada > AI

The Toronto-based AI team at Baker McKenzie draws on the strength of its global network of 70 offices across North America, Latin America, and the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions to advise multinational financial institutions and major multinationals across such sectors as tech, automobiles, education, retail and apparel on government interactions and the bringing of their AI products to market. The practice is headed by Usman Sheikh, who also leads the firm’s global blockchain team, and who assists clients on AI governance, AI product counselling and the protection of AI-generated works; IP specialist Jim Holloway; Theo Ling, who advises clients on AI and machine-learning concerns. Other key figures include Jennifer Bernardo, a partner in the firm’s employment and compensation law practice, and associates Mike Rubinger, Conrad Flaczyk, Matthew Cook and Jacqueline Chan.

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