BELLAVANCE, DIANE
Attorney
- Contact
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Montreal office : 514 845-3533
F : 514 845-9522
dbellavance@morencyavocats.com
- Education
Bachelor of Law from the Université du Québec à Montréal (1986)
Member of the Barreau du Québec (1988)
- Areas of expertise
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- Contractual and Non-contractual Liability
- Tax planning
- Research and Development (R&D) and innovation
- Corporate Reorganizations
- International Agreements
- International Contracts
- Commercial Trade
- Establishing business abroad
- Incorporation of Foreign companies
- Acquisition and sale of assets/shares
- Franchising
- Injunction, seizure and extraordinary recourse
- Shareholders’ dispute
- Acquisition and sale of IT companies and innovative firms
- Commercial contracts related to intellectual property
- Management consultancy and Protection of Intellectual property rights
- Registration of Copyrights
- Registration of Trademarks
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property Rights
- Taxation related to Intellectual property rights
- IP Litigation
- Drafting and negotiating all types of contracts involving intellectual property: such as patents, trademarks, copyrights and industrial designs
- Legal structures and IP rights
- Technology Transfer, Partnerships, Consortium, Licensing
- Strategic planning
- Contracts (negotiation, drafting, interpretation, etc.)
- Corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Business Start-ups
- Corporate financing and venture capital
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About
Diane Bellavance specializes in business law and intellectual property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights and industrial designs). She is a Trademark Agent and has a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) certification granted by the Licensing Executive Society, world leader in international licensing. Her experience is internationally recognized.
She has cutting-edge expertise in both intellectual property and business laws :
- Purchase and sale of companies
- Licensing, franchises
- Distribution and partnerships
- Software contracts
- Financing, security
- Licensing of intellectual property rights
- R&D and related contracts
- Protection of intellectual property
- Transfer of technologies
- Sub-contracting
- International Law
- Trademark registration
- Source Code Escrow Agent
- Legal and commercial organization
- Due diligence in intellectual property matters
- French-language law
- Anton Piller supervision
- Protection of intellectual property as regards an innovation or a new product
Diane Bellavance is a regular speaker at conferences on intellectual property, export, distribution, licensing and business law. Some of the focus groups she participates in are the following: The Institute of Design Montréal, Réseau Capital, Laval Technopole, BDC, FSTQ, IRDA, CEIM, Montréal International, RCTi, Université du Québec à Montréal (MBA) and McGill University (MBA).
Social and Professionnal activities
- Owner of a ladies’ clothing manufacturing company between 1991 and 1995.
- Member of advisory committees and very active with non-profit organizations, both as an attorney and director.
- Member of: American Bar Association, Licensing Executive Society, Canadian Institute of Intellectual Property, Canadian Bar Association and Association of Quebec Women in Finance.
- Member of numerous Boards of Directors, including the Quorum of the Canadian Technology Network, the Alumnae of the UQAM and the FDEM, Fonds de démarrage d’entreprises.