Queen’s Marque
600-1741 Lower Water Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3J 0J2
Language(s) spoken: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Bar Admission(s): Ontario, 1998; Nova Scotia, 2003
Legal Assistant(s): Alicia Mullane
Working with clients such as retailers, manufacturers, collective societies, service providers, financing companies, entertainment businesses and energy companies, Daniela helps her clients navigate the complicated worlds of intellectual property disputes, arbitration proceedings, corporate commercial disputes and class action suits. She has:
- Acted for a client in one of the most high-profile intellectual property cases ever in Atlantic Canada over trademarks and related copyrights.
- Acted for a European-based multinational company in a dispute over the manufacture and supply of large-scale equipment in Canada.
- Acted for a Nova Scotia company and its affiliates as part of an international, multi-firm legal team in connection with disputed assets and transactions of over $1 billion.
Education & Career
Education
Harvard Law School, LLM, 2002
Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB, 1996
University of Toronto, BA (high distinction), 1993
University of Siena (summer term), 1991
Activities
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Chair, Patent Acquisition Committee, Innovation Asset Collective
Chair, 2b theatre company
Chair, IP/IT Practice Group, Stewart McKelvey
Chapter Leader, Eastern Canada, ChIPS global network for women in IP & tech law and policy
Member, The Bretton Woods Committee, Digital Finance Project Team
Director, Innovation Asset Collective
Director, Canadian Commercial Corporation, 2014 – 2020
Director, Neptune Theatre, 2012 – 2016
Member, LegalBizDev Project Management Advisory Board, 2012
Member, Advisory Board for the International Arbitration Law Project of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, 2012
Panelist interviewing candidates for CEO of Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, 2011
Director, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, 2009 – 2012
Member, Partnership Board, Stewart McKelvey, 2008 – 2012
Chair, Intellectual Property Section of Canadian Bar Association – Nova Scotia, 2009 – 2011
Other
President, Harvard Club of Atlantic Canada
Chair, Harvard Law School Reunion & Gift Committee, Spring 2022
Associate Director, McGill University and Intellectual Property Institute of Canada – Annual Copyright Course
Class Agent, Harvard Law School
Participant, Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Leaders at Sea Program, 2018
Certified Legal Project Manager Program (LegalBizDev), 2011
Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Canada (Justices La Forest & Bastarache), 1997
Accolades
Best Lawyers 2022 Intellectual Property Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax
Appointed King’s Counsel – Nova Scotia, 2020
Best Lawyers: Class Action Litigation, 2021 – 2023
Best Lawyers: Intellectual Property Law, 2021 – 2023
Lexpert rating: Intellectual Property Law, 2010 – 2023
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2019 – 2023
Benchmark Canada, local litigation star (Intellectual Property), 2014 – 2022
Lexpert 2013 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, Corporate Commercial Law
LAW SCHOOL:
University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review National Prize
J.S.D. Tory Research and Writing Award
F.W. Minkler Scholarship Trust Fund (academics & activities)
Fraser Milner Prize (academics & activities)
Celanese Canada Internationalist Fellowship
UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Toronto Arbor Scholar
University of Toronto Alumni Association Scholar
University College Literary and Athletic Society Honour Award
Government of Italy Scholarship
Thought Leadership
Nothing “palpable” in Pentastar dispute: trademark case confirms rules for statutory appeals
April 13, 2020
COVID-19 and contractual review
March 24, 2020
Copyright Cases 2019: Back to Basics and Plenty More
March 23, 2020
2019 intellectual property year in review
January 06, 2020
The Crown of Copyright
October 25, 2019
Trademark changes
June 17, 2019
Publications
Presentations
Speaker, “What is Happening with Injunction Jurisprudence at the Competition Tribunal?” (CBA Competition Law Online Symposium)
May 17, 2022
Panelist, “Transforming Your Approach to Document Automation with AI: Advanced, Time-Saving Methods for Litigators”, CBA Skilled Lawyer Series webinar
April 12, 2022
Panelist, “A Conversation with the CEO of Moderna”, Harvard Business
January 20, 2021
Panelist, Copyright Panel and Career Q&A, Webinar Series hosted by Toronto Intellectual Property Group (TIPG)
May 27, 2020
Presenter, “Mandates, By-Laws, and Governance Policies: Takeaways on Establishing Consistency Through Elections and Board Succession/Changes”, Canadian Institute Conference on Crown Corporate Governance
January 21, 2020
Presenter, “Copyright Case Law Update – 2019”, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Annual Conference
September 27, 2019
Presenter, “E-Discovery and Technology: Why you can’t have one without the other”, Legal Innovation & Technology on the Atlantic Coast – A Conversation with people at the Forefront of Change in the Legal Industry, Hosted by EPIQ Global
September 19, 2019
Presenter, “IP and Contract Law: Need to Know”, Canadian Bar Association IP Section, Annual IP Day
May 30, 2019
Co-presenter, Need to Know: Norwich Orders, CBA Nova Scotia Winter Conference
December 07, 2018
Co-presenter, “The Do’s and Don’ts of Parallel Litigation and Prosecution”, CBA IP Day
May 11, 2017
Panelist, “The Road to E-Discovery: More Garden Path, Less Mountain Climb?”, CBA Nova Scotia Mid-Winter Conference
January 28, 2016
Co-presenter, “Top 10 Licensing Tips for Music Owners”, ALIS conference
February 28, 2015
Presenter, “E-Contracts: Hip to be Square”, CBA Nova Scotia Mid-Winter Conference
January 29, 2015
Presenter, “Counterfeit Goods”, CBA Privacy Law Session
October 01, 2014