Christian Bolduc

• "Quebec Bill 96: what intellectual property lawyers and agents need to know", AIPPI Canada annual meeting, November 21, 2024
• "Audit & Assessment of the Client's IP", IPIC webinar, November 5, 2024
• "Changes to the Charter of the French Language - In View of the New and Final Regulation", IPIC webinar, July 31, 2024
• "Changes to the Charter of the French Language – What We Have Learned Over the Last Year", IPIC webinar, November 30, 2023
• "French Language Charter: Navigating the recent amendments and their impact on trademarks in Québec", (co-speaker: Francesca Roy), Smart & Biggar Webinar, November 9, 2023
• "Trademark Applications: Filing Requirements and Special Types of Applications", IPIC/McGill Summer IP Courses 2023, July 10, 2023
• "Bill 96: Complying with Quebec’s Strengthened French Language Protections", (panellists: Kimberly Eberwine, Melissa Tehrani, Corina Manole, Susie Ruiz-Lichter), virtual panel, Canada-United States Law Institute (CUSLI), June 27, 2023.
• "Branding and French Language Requirements in Québec: Understanding the Recognized Trademark Exception through Case Studies", (co-speaker: Francesca Roy), Smart & Biggar Webinar, November 10, 2022
• "Trademarks between Friends: Key differences in Canadian and U.S. Trademarks practice", (with Graham Hood), Smart & Biggar Webinar, May 19, 2022
• “Strategically navigating French language requirements and leveraging trademarks”, (with Stéphanie Girard), Smart & Biggar Webinar, October 21, 2021
• “New USPTO Rule for Foreign Applicants: Practical Implications”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, August 15, 2019
• "Trademark Applications: Filing requirements, Madrid and other special applications", IPIC/McGill Summer IP Courses 2021, July 12, 2021
• “CIPO Practice Notices – Understanding What’s New”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, April 16, 2019
• “Cumulative protection for the shape of a product or its container: specifics and favoured approach”, ALAI presentation, Toronto, June 8, 2018
• “La protection de la forme du produit ou celle de son contenant. Le cumul des protections: Mythe ou réalité”, Rassemblement des praticiens en marques (RPM), January 31, 2018
• “Marque de détaillant apposée sur des produits de tiers : promotion des services ou emploi avec les produits?", Développements récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle - Québec Bar conference, November 16, 2018
• “The Madrid Protocol: What to Expect”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, June 15, 2015
• "The Charter of the French Language: The Erosion of the Recognized Trademark Exception," Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, January 2013
• "The Madrid Protocol and Singapore Treaty - What Canadian Practitioners Need to Know" (moderator), Intellectual Property Institute of Canada webinar, May 2012
• "Trademark Law: Practical Considerations and Global Approach," presentation to members of l'Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal, February 2012
• "Stratégies gagnantes en droit des marques nord-américains" (co-panelist), panel discussion hosted by the Association des praticiens du droit des marques et des modèles (APRAM), Paris, September 2009
• Utility of trademarks, panel discussion hosted by L'Association des juristes pour l'avancement de la vie artistique (AJAVA), Montreal, June 2009
• "Non-traditional trademarks" (discussion chair), International Trademark Association roundtable, Montreal, March 2009
• Community Trademarks (panelist), Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Roadshow, Montreal, November 2008
• "Protection de la propriété intellectuelle" (co-chair), Canadian Institute conference, Montreal, November 2008
• "Clinique du droit canadien et américain" (co-panelist), panel discussion hosted by the Association des praticiens du droit des marques et des modèles (APRAM), Paris, June 2007
• "Protection de l'objet utilitaire par droit d'auteur : mythe ou réalité," Développements récents en propriété intellectuelle, service de la formation continue du Barreau du Québec, Montreal, November 2007
• "Le traitement de la propriété intellectuelle sur Internet : Initiation à la gestion des risques et aux bonnes pratiques," E-Discovery INSIGHT conference, Montreal, November 2006

Memberships

• Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee (2019-2023); past Chair of the International Trademark Issues Committee; Chair of the IPIC-McGill Courses Liaison Committee (2006-2008)
• Member, International Trademark Association; Co-Chair of the North American Global Advisory Council (2022-2023); member of the Legislation and Regulation Committee (2022-2023); Chair of the Legislation and Regulation Canada Subcommittee (2020-2023); member of the International Amicus Committee (2016-2019)
  

Teaching Activities

• "Trademark applications: Filing requirements and special types of applications," IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montréal, July 11, 2022
• “A Practice In The Field Of Intellectual Property,” Université Laval, Microbiology Program, Quebec, 1 1/2 hour session, annually since 1996
• "Preparing Trademark Applications and Use and Registrability Opinions," IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, annually since 2004
• "Trademark Filing Strategies" (workshop), IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, annually since 2004
• "Tips and Strategy in Opposition" (workshop), IPIC-McGill course Understanding Trademarks, Montreal, annually since 2004
• "Practical Considerations Regarding Trademarks and Copyrights," École de dessin industriel, Montreal, 2 hour session, annually since 2001

• "Excuse my French: Canadian TM lawyers react to translation law", Managing IP, August 2, 2024
• "Quebec’s language law regulations leave brand owners guessing", World Trademark Review, July 23, 2024
• "INTA Builds Coalition in Response to Quebec’s Bill 96", INTA News, February 8, 2023
• "Bill-96 and its impact on the Quebec’s French language requirements", (co-author: Francesca Roy), Lexpert Legal Insights, December 9, 2022
• "Bill 96 and its impact on the French-language requirements in Québec", (co-author: Francesca Roy), WTR Daily, October 21, 2022
• "No Place on Earth: new IP case maps out why geographical names cannot be registrable trademarks", (co-author: Reagan Seidler), Lexpert Legal Insights, July 18, 2022
• "Third-Party Products and Trademark Use in Canada Explained" (co-author: Olivier Jean-Lévesque), INTA Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 6, April 1, 2020
• "Développements récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle" (co-author: Olivier Jean-Lévesque), Éditions Yvon Blais, Volume 449, November 2018
• "Cumul de protection pour la forme d’un produit ou celle de son contenant : particularités canadiennes et approche privilégiée," Revue Francophone de la Propriété Intellectuelle, no. 5, December 2017 
• "Canada keeps up with technology" (co-author: Daniel Anthony), INTA Bulletin, August 1, 2017, Vol. 72 No. 13
• "Ten things Europeans should know about Canadian Trade Mark Law," ECTA Special Gazette for the 20th Anniversary of the CTM Regulation, June 2014
• "Design Rights Subcommittee Assists on OHIM’s Search Image Project" (co-author: Bridget Heffernan Labutta), INTA Bulletin, October 15, 2013, Vol. 68, No. 19, p. 7
• "L'emploi d'une marque de service par l'annonce : une approche practique" (co-authors: Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie and Oliver Tourangeau), Les cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, vol. 24, no. 1, Montreal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2012
• "Contributory Trade Mark Infringement by internet search engines for selling trade marks as key words: The Canadian perspective" (co-authors: Maxime Hébrard and Émilie Dubreuil), ECTA Gazette, June 2011
• "La reproduction de l'objet utilitaire vis-à-vis le droit d'auteur : un interdit ?" (co-author: Tomek Nishijima), Les cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, vol. 20, no. 3, Montreal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2008