Over 35 years as a trusted partner in protecting your innovations
Micheline's practice is focused on the strategic management of patents in the life sciences sector. Her expertise includes assessing new technologies, preparing patent applications, and securing patent protection worldwide. She provides pragmatic advice on the management of patent portfolios, tailored to each client's needs.
Life sciences patent counsel, aligning IP strategy to your business
Micheline has over three and a half decades of experience in life sciences patents. Her clients range from universities, to Canadian biotechnology companies, to multinational biopharmaceutical companies. She invests in understanding each client’s technology and business needs before crafting an IP strategy that aligns with their goals. Her practice focuses on assessing new technologies, preparing and prosecuting patent applications worldwide, providing strategic advice, and conducting due diligence reviews on patent portfolios
Micheline is a recognized voice in life sciences and the broader IP community, regularly publishing and speaking on IP and DEI issues. She has received high accolades for her expertise and work, including Lexology Index, Lexpert, LMG Life Sciences, WIPR, WIPF, and Managing IP.
Micheline was a former Managing Partner and served on the Executive Committee of her previous firm for a decade.Qualifications
- News
- Speaking
- Industry Involvement
- Celebrating Difference-Neurodivergence, Mental Health and IP, LSPN North America, May 8-9, 2024
- Plausibility – Is It For Real?, Licensing Executives Society (LES) India, February 15, 2024
- 21st Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents, The Canadian Institute (CI), May 18, 2023
- Protecting and Leveraging Innovations in the Life Sciences, Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN), May 3, 2023
- Life Sciences Patent Network North America Spring Conference 2022, Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN), May 11-12, 2022
- AIPLA Women in IP Law 2022 Global Networking Event, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), April 7, 2022
- Enforcement of Patent Rights and Equitable Pandemic Relief, AUTM, February 23, 2022
- Patents for Humanity Competition, US Patent and Trademark Office, December 15, 2021
- Diversity of the Mind: Supporting and Including People with Mental Health and Neurodiversity Challenges, WIPR Diversity (Newton Media), December 8, 2021
- Diversity & Inclusion: Bringing the Best Team to the Table, Consero, December 6, 2021
- Careers in Patent Law, Canadian Society for Immunology, May 31, 2021
- Recreational Cannabis: Key Intellectual Property and Advertising Issues, The Ontario Bar Association (OBA), May 19, 2021
- Update on Canadian Patent Law, Consero, December 7, 2020
- Antibody Patenting, LSPN, October 7, 2020
- 2020 AIPLA Women in IP Virtual Global Networking Event, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), September 29, 2020
- WISE: Lead Without Limits, WISE UofT, January 25, 2020
- 2019 IPO Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), September 24-26, 2019
- Eager for Edibles? Here’s What You Need to Know About the New Regulations and the Patent Landscape for Edibles, Grow Up Conference & Expo, September 13, 2019
- Understanding Patents – An Introductory Course (Modules I & II) - An Introductory Course: Comparative Overview of U.S. Practice, McGill School of Continuing Studies, July 16, 2019
- Intellectual Property Protection and Commercialization of Cannabis, AUTM, June 23-26, 2019
- Update on Canadian Patent Law, Virtual IP Forum For Life Sciences, Consero, December 7, 2020
- Genetics and Seeds, Growing Summit, August 24, 2020
- Working Remotely: How to Use Technology Effectively While Respecting Confidentiality Obligations, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), August 13, 2020
- Patent Extensions: Prolonging Your Patent Lifecycles in the U.S. — Europe — Canada - New York, NY, American Conference Institute, May 16, 2019
- Protection of Intellectual Property in the Cannabis Industry, O'Cannabiz, April 25, 2019
- Intellectual Property 101 for Researchers, Entrepreneurs and Startups, Laurentian University, March 22, 2019
- The Emerging Legal Field Of Cannabis, The Technology Involved, And The Regulation Of Industries Moving Forward, University of Windsor's Law and Technology Lab (LTECLab), March 6, 2019
- IP Protection and Marketing for the Cannabis Industry, Lexology, October 25, 2018
- GrowUp Conference and Expo, September 7-8, 2018
- Career Management 101: a How-To Guide for the Young IP Practitioner, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), May 25, 2018
Memberships
- Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
- Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
- College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA)
- Women in Bio (WIB)