Name
Marcelo König Sarkis, P.Eng.
Employer
Prima IP Incorporated-Principal/Founder
Education
- Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Ryerson 1988
Employment
- Hughes Etigson-Patent Agent trainee, 1988 – 1992
- Ivor M. Hughes-Patent Agent, 1992 – 2008
- Heenan Blaikie-Senior Patent Agent, 2008 – 2014
- Prima IP Incorporated-Principal/Founder, 2014 – present
Activities in Advocacy Organizations
- OSPE Research and Innovation Task Force, April 2016 – present
- Committee Member Peterborough Engineering challenge, since 2009
- Executive Peterborough PEO Chapter, since 2013
- Vice-Chair Peterborough PEO Chapter, since 2016
Years of Registration with Profession
- PEO, 1995
- OSPE, 2000 – present
Professional Affiliations
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property
- Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property Agents
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Community Service
- StartUp Peterborough Founding Member, 2015 – present
- Board member Peterborough Agricultural Society, 2017
- Spark Centre Expert Network, 2015 – present
- Canadian Co-Lead Sustainable Technologies Working Group-Canada Brazil Joint Committee on Science and Technology, 2014 – present
- Director Brazil Canada Chamber of Commerce-BCCC, 2013 – present
- Executive Director BCCC, 2014 – present
- Director Ryerson University Alumni Association, 2013 – 2015; 2016 – present
- Alumni representative Ryerson University Senate, 2013 – 2015
- Patent Advisor Ryerson Digital Media Zone (DMZ), 2013 – present
- Chair Innovation, Science and Technology Committee-BCCC, 2012 – present
- Director Brazil Institute of Canada, 2012 – present
- Member Technology Transfer Committee Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), 2011-2013
- Mentor Integrated Pre-arrival Services Online Canada InfoNet, 2011, 2012
- Member Public Awareness Committee IPIC, 2010 – present
Conferences/Technical Papers
- Pizza/Patents; Tacos/Trademarks; Donuts/Designs; Cupcakes/Copyright; Sushi/Searching, 2014 – present
- “Bilateral Collaborations Brazil-Canada”-Brazil, 2013
- “Pay for Delay and Reverse Payment Settlements” 33rd International Congress Intellectual Property Brazil, 2013
- Chair, “Science Without Borders and several Canadian universities”-Toronto, 2013
- “Intellectual Property Strategies for Start-Ups” DMZ Toronto, 2013
- Chair/Moderator “Brazil-Canada Innovation, Science and Technology Forums” Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, 2013
- “Legal Considerations in Starting and Funding A Business” RU, 2013
- “Brazil-Canada Bilateral Relations” Brazil, 2012
- Keynote “Business Opportunities in Canada”, Annual Congress of Entrepreneurs-Brazil, 2012
- “Strategies for Securing your Intellectual Property”, Netherlands Canada Interaction Workshop-Toronto, 2012
- “What’s Mine Is Yours”, SDTC Cleantech Day-Toronto, 2011
- “Value of Patents in Your Overall IP Portfolio”, Great Canadian Inventions Show-Ontario, 2011
- Moderator “The IP Practitioner in a Full Service Law Firm”-Chicago, 2011
- “Strategies for Securing your Intellectual Property in Canada and Brazil” BCCC-Ontario, 2011
- “Green Technology Intellectual Property Planning” Canada-China Green Business Forum-Toronto, 2011
- Patenting Green Technology seminar Heenan Blaikie, 2011
- “Green Amazon Highway or Recent Developments in Canadian Patent Practice” through CSPS, 2010
- Cochair, round table discussion, “Protecting Your Intellectual Property in Foreign Markets”, CME Global Business Summit 12th National Conference, 2009
- Patent Financing Guide, 2013
- EU-Canada trade talks may spark change in patent law-Canadian Chemical News, 2011
Candidate Statement
It is an honour to be nominated for a seat on the OSPE Board of Directors. I offer experience gained from a career involving innovation, internationalization and intellectual property as well as having sat/currently sitting on several Boards.
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