Christian Bolduc

Christian Bolduc is a principal in Smart & Biggar’s Montreal office. With more than 25 years of experience across all stages of the trademark life cycle, he is passionate about helping clients generate ROI and value from strategically-developed IP assets. Highly skilled in trademark portfolio management, Christian selects trademarks with particular value, implements national and international filing and enforcement strategies in accordance with clients' commercial objectives, and sets guidelines for properly promoting, advertising, and using trademarks both in-house and externally. The in-depth knowledge and experience ultimately allow clients to increase the value of their trademark portfolios in Canada and abroad. Clients also look to Christian for advice on commercial issues and transactions involving trademarks, including the negotiation and drafting of license agreements, international co-existence agreements, IP asset audits, and the preparation and implementation of due diligence investigations. He also regularly handles complex trademark opposition proceedings and appeals from Registrar decisions and assists in litigation strategy and execution.