Meredith Bacal

Meredith Bacal is a Partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property, and Litigation and Dispute Resolution groups, focusing on Intellectual Property Law. She has extensive experience litigating media, entertainment, defamation, and technology disputes.

She has acted on several leading cases on Canadian copyright and personality rights, and has appeared before many levels of court, including the Superior Court, Court of Appeal, Divisional Court, and Federal Court, as well as numerous arbitral tribunals. In her litigation practice, she has secured injunctions preventing the unauthorized use of confidential information and the infringement of intellectual property rights.

Meredith regularly advises individuals and companies on copyright and trademark infringement, goodwill, and personality rights. She is a registered trademark agent advising companies on branding strategies and securing trademark protection.

She is recognised in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Defamation and Media Law, and in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP STARS as a Rising Star. She holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School (2014) and an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (2011).