Victor Butsky is a founding member of the firm. He practises intellectual property law with an emphasis on litigation and licensing.

E-mail: vbutsky@dww.com
Telephone: 416-941-9002

Practice Areas

Victor’s areas of practice include patent drafting and prosecution, franchising, trade-mark, trade secret, patent and copyright licensing and litigation, prosecuting trade-mark, copyright and industrial design applications and trade-mark opposition proceedings. Victor has extensive work experience relating to various businesses, technical fields and developing technologies. He represents Canadian and foreign clients in the courts of the Province of Ontario, in the Federal Court of Canada, and before the Trademark Opposition Board and the Patent Appeal Board.

Organizations

Victor is an active member of several intellectual property organizations including the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Seminars and Publications

Victor has written and spoken on various topics relating to Canadian intellectual property practice, including trade secrets and licensing. Victor has also taught at patent tutorials offered by IPIC for candidates planning to write the Canadian patent agent examinations. Victor served as a member of the Canadian Patent Agents Examination Board from 2001- 2004.

Credentials

Victor graduated with a B.A.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and received his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1984.

Victor is a registered patent and trade-mark agent in Canada, a registered patent agent in the United States, and a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.