Reshika is an electrical engineer and an intellectual property (IP) lawyer, as well as a registered patent agent before the Canadian IP Office (CIPO). She is also a registered U.S. patent agent and represents Canadian companies and entrepreneurs before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Reshika has over a decade of experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications across a wide range of technologies. She has helped many clients protect their valuable technologies in fields such as telecommunication, signal processing, medical devices, power electronics, payment processing, wearables, cybersecurity, blockchain, data encryption, artificial intelligence, computer networks, mobile applications, and robotics.
Apart from overseeing her clients’ national and global patent portfolios, Reshika advises clients on patentability opinions, infringement evaluations, freedom-to-operate assessments, as well as IP procurement and enforcement. Additionally, Reshika provides valuable insights to clients on safeguarding their product and packaging designs with industrial design protection. Reshika is a go-to expert for clients looking for practical and cost-effective IP solutions. With her industry experience in both the semiconductor and nuclear sectors, Reshika brings a wealth of knowledge and real-world experience to her work as an IP advisor and mentor.
Reshika won several awards and scholarships, most notably the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation Medal for the highest academic standing in her engineering graduating class. She has also won the Mathews Dinsdale & Clark’s 12th Annual Canadian Labour Arbitration Competition at Osgoode Hall Law School.
As a guest speaker at various Canadian law schools and a mentor at various innovation centres across Canada, Reshika is dedicated to spreading her passion for IP and technology.
Qualifications
- News
- Speaking
- Industry Involvement
- “AI and Patents”, speaker, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, March 7, 2025
- "U.S. and European Patent Drafting Best Practices for Hi-Tech Inventions", webinar, moderator, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, February 25, 2025
- AI Technologies in Practice Webinar Series, CBA, June 6, 2024
- Intellectual Property Strategy for Business, Maximizing the value of your company’s IP assets, April 23 - June 18, 2024
- Patenting AI, University of Saskatchewan, April 23, 2024
- Fundamentals of IP, Sheridan College, March 20, 2024
- AI, Business and Law Panel, University of Toronto Mock Trial Club and Digital Enterprise Management Association, March 13, 2024
- IDEA Step-Up Program: Pitch & Showcase, City of Mississauga, February 15, 2024
- Uncovering trends and strategies for intellectual property (IP) protection, University of Toronto - Centre for Research & Innovation Support, January 30, 2024
- Intersection of AI and Patent Law, Disruptive Technologies and the Law Intensive Course, Faculty of Law, Western University, January 23, 2024
- Dealing with Data – Licensing and IP, Ministry of the Attorney General, December 11, 2023
- AI and Beyond: Canadian Software and Data Licensing Workshop, Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), December 7, 2023
- IP Overview: Managing IP Risks, Acceleration+, December 5, 2023
- IP Strategy Session: leveraging the benefits of new government funding, The Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre, November 30, 2023
- The DABUS Story – Can AI Be An Inventor?, Osgood Hall Law School - York University, November 22, 2023
- IP Overview: Demystifying IP Strategies, Acceleration+, November 21, 2023
- Canada’s Premier Hardware Summit, VentureLab, November 8, 2023
- HardTech Summit 2023, VentureLAB, November 8, 2023
- IP Law – Day in the Life Session – Law Practice Program (LPP), Toronto Metropolitan University, October 25, 2023
- Basics of Intellectual Property – Law Practice Program (LPP), Toronto Metropolitan University, October 23, 2023
- Ask the Experts Panel – Starter Company PLUS Program, City of Mississauga, October 17, 2023
- A Primer on Patent Prosecution, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, August 29, 2023
- Introduction to IP Law, SHAD McMaster, McMaster University, July 14, 2023
- Developing and Managing IP Portfolio Essentials, Queen’s Innovation Centre Summer Initiative (QICSI), Queen’s University, July 12, 2023
- IP Strategy Bootcamp Series – Integrating IP and Business Strategies, VentureLAB, June 15, 2023
- Canada’s Premier Hardware Summit, VentureLab, November 8, 2023
- HardTech Summit 2023, VentureLAB, November 8, 2023
- IP Law – Day in the Life Session – Law Practice Program (LPP), Toronto Metropolitan University, October 25, 2023
- Patent and Trademark Essentials, Hardware Catalyst Initiative,VentureLAB, May 25, 2023
- IP Strategy Bootcamp Series – Technology protection, VentureLAB, May 18, 2023
- IP Strategy Bootcamp Series – Brand protection, VentureLAB, May 4, 2023
- Managing IP Risks, Acceleration+ (delivered by Haltech, Innovation Factory and TechPlace Burlington), April 19, 2023
- IP Overview: Demystifying IP Strategies, Acceleration+ (delivered by Haltech, Innovation Factory and TechPlace Burlington), April 12, 2023
- Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), February 15, 2023
- Canada goes rogue! Benjamin Moore v. AG of Canada 2022, FICPI-International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, December 14, 2022
- Basics of Intellectual Property Part 2, Law Practice Program (LPP), Ryerson University, November 15, 2022
- The LinkingVentures BreakOut Room Podcast, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), November 1, 2022
- Patentability and Trademark Clearance Search Workshop, IP Innovation Clinic, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, October 21, 2022
- Basics of Intellectual Property Part 1, Law Practice Program (LPP), Ryerson University, October 20, 2022
- STEM Students and Law, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, October 13, 2022
- Basics of Patent Prosecution, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, August 30, 2022
- Med-tech workshop with Queen’s DDQIC, Queen’s University, July 19, 2022
- Tech and IP Session at SHAD McMaster, McMaster University, July 8, 2022
- IP Presentation Series at Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC), Queen’s University, July 5-19, 2022
- IP Strategies for Startups Session, Ryerson Venture Zone, June 22, 2022
- Claiming Inventions: Philosophies, Principles and Practices, University of Windsor, May 13, 2022
- IP Strategy Bootcamp – Managing IP Risks, WEtech Alliance, March 3, 2022
- Intersection of IP and Life Sciences Innovations, McMaster University, January 24, 2022
- IP Strategy Bootcamp – Protecting Technology, ventureLab, November 11, 2021
- Intersection of Technology and IP, Society of Women Engineers Toronto (SWE TO), November 10, 2021
- Basics of Intellectual Property, Ryerson University: Law Practice Program (LPP), November 10, 2021
- The Art of Prior Art Searching, IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic (Osgoode Hall Law School), October 29, 2021
- Perils of Pre-filing Public Disclosure of Inventions, Innovation Factory, October 27, 2021
- Developments in Intellectual Property: What Technology Law Practitioners Need to Know panel, Canadian Technology (Can-Tech) Law Annual Conference, October 21, 2021
- Basics of Intellectual Property, Ryerson University: Law Practice Program (LPP), October 13, 2021
- Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, Innovation Factory, September 10, 2021
- Osgoode Hall Law School IP Intensive Seminar – Patent Prosecution, September 2, 2021
- IP Strategy Bootcamp, ventureLab, August 19, 2021
- Introduction to Freedom to Operate (FTO), Innovation Factory, August 11, 2021
- Introduction to Intellectual Property, McMaster University - SHAD Program, July 14, 2021
- Fundamentals of IP Protection in Canada, Accelerate Newmarket, June 22, 2021
- Primer on Patent and TM Searching, IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, May 18, 2021
- AI and Emerging Technologies in Law Panel, Western Intellectual Property Association, April 9, 2021
- Canadian Fintech Summit, Framework Venture Partners, March 23-25, 2021
- Intersection of AI and IP, Faculty of Law, Western University, January 22, 2021
- IP Strategy and Fundamentals, Ryerson Venture Zone (Brampton), January 21, 2021
- Intellectual Property Fundamentals, Ryerson Law Practice Program (LPP), November 11, 2020
- Navigating IP: Strategies to Utilize and Pitfalls to Avoid, VentureLab, November 10, 2020
- Entrepreneurial Insights Series: IP Tales from the Trail, ELLA, York University, October 28, 2020
- Osgoode Hall Law School IP Intensive Seminar – Patent Prosecution, Osgoode Hall Law School, September 1, 2020
- TUNEUP: Intellectual Property & Legal Info Session, Sheridan – EDGE, July 22, 2020
- Claiming Inventions: Philosophies, Principles and Practices, University of Windsor, July 6-9, 2020
- Founder Fundamentals – IP, Trademarks & Patents, YSpace, York University, May 7, 2020
- Intellectual Property (IP) Fundamentals for Entrepreneurs, ELLA Accelerator, April 22, 2020
- Pitch With A Twist, ICUBE, University of Toronto (UTM), February 27, 2020
- Demystifying Patent Law, ventureLAB, October 2, 2019
- Basics of Intellectual Property, Ryerson University: Law Practice Program (LPP), September 10, 2019
- Osgoode Hall Law School IP Intensive Seminar – Basics of Patent Prosecution, Osgoode Hall Law School, August 27, 2019
- Principles of Intellectual Property, McMaster University, SHAD Program, July 19, 2019
- Basics of Intellectual Property, Design Program, YSpace, York University, July 17, 2019
- History of Technology and Innovation, and IP Law, Ryerson University, SHAD Program, July 11, 2019
- EquIP – Intellectual Property Workshop for VCs, CBA Catalysts of Brampton, July 10, 2019
- Basics of Intellectual Property Law, Sheridan College: EDGE, June 27, 2019
- Founder Fundamentals – Intellectual Property 101, YSpace, York University, June 20, 2019
- Identifying and Protecting Patentable Innovation, ventureLAB, May 2, 2019
Memberships
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), Fellow
- Law Society of Ontario (LSO)
- South Asian Bar Association (SABA)
- College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA)