Ms Jacqueline Chan > Baker McKenzie > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
181 BAY STREET
SUITE 2100, PO BOX 874
TORONTO, ONTARIO, M5J 2T3
Canada

Position

Jacqueline Chan is an intellectual property lawyer focused on advisory, transactional and litigation matters. Jacqueline co-chairs the Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Committee in the Toronto office, and regularly advises on pro-bono matters. She also sits on the Executive Committee of the Group of Racialized Ontario Women Litigators (GROWL).

Jacqueline holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. Prior to law school, she worked as a process improvement analyst at a major teaching hospital and a business analyst at a global technology consulting firm, where she advised clients on information privacy and security compliance.

Career

Jacqueline assists on a variety of intellectual property matters, particularly in relation to patent, copyright, and trademark disputes. Jacqueline has experience assisting clients in the consumer goods, technology, transportation, and food industries, and has acted as counsel on matters before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also assisted clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

Memberships

  • Law Society of Ontario – Member
  • Canadian Bar Association – Member
  • Ontario Bar Association – Member
  • The Advocates’ Society – Member
  • Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) – Young Practitioners Committee (2021-present)
  • Toronto Intellectual Property Group (TIPG)
  • Group of Racialized (Ontario) Women Litigators (GROWL)

Education

  • Queen’s University (JD) (2018)
  • University of Toronto (Masters of Applied Science, Industrial Engineering) (2014)
  • University of Toronto (Bachelor of Applied Science, Industrial Engineering) (2012)

Lawyer Rankings

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.