Tel: 604.669.3432 Ext. 8967
Fax: 604.681.4081
E-mail: jmarles@patentable.com
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Assistant: Lisa Moore Tel: 604.669.3432 Ext. 8968
BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2008. She completed her legal studies at the University of Victoria, where she received numerous awards, including the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medal for being the top student in her graduating class. As part of her law degree, Jennifer completed an International Intellectual Property Law summer program at the University of Oxford. Prior to articling with the firm, Jennifer completed a clerkship at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver. As a patent agent, she was awarded the J. Edward Maybee Memorial Prize for earning the highest mark overall on the 2009 patent agent’s qualifying examination. She is the firm’s fourth lawyer to receive this distinction.
Before commencing legal studies, Jennifer completed a B.Sc. (Honours) in Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, where she completed an eight month co-op placement at a local biotech company. She also holds an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto, where she received an NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship and was selected as a Connaught Scholar. Her Master’s thesis focused on the quantitative in vivo effects of mutations in the Sho1 SH3 domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the resulting publication was jointly awarded the Beckman Coulter Award for best graduate student publication in the Biochemistry Department.
Jennifer assists clients with all aspects of identifying, protecting, and benefiting from their intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on prosecuting patent applications in the biotechnology, chemical, and medical device fields. Jennifer is presently a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s Joint Liaison Committee — Trademarks, and she is an adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia where she lectures on copyright law.
JENNIFER A. MARLES ADVISES HER CLIENTS ON A BROAD RANGE OF MATTERS, INCLUDING:
- Patents – Biotechnology
- Patents – Chemical
- Patents – Mechanical/Industrial
- Trademarks
- Licensing & IP Transactions
- Industrial Designs
- Copyright
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
- LL.B., University of Victoria, 2006
- M.Sc. (Biochemistry), University of Toronto, 2003
- B.Sc. (Honours Biochemistry), University of British Columbia, 2001
- Reg. Patent Agent (CA & US)
- Reg. Trademark Agent (CA & US)