Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada R3C 4K5
Phone (204)949-1312 Fax (204)957-0945
John A. MyersE-mail: jamyers@tmlawyers.com
Direct Line: 988-0308
Direct Fax: 953-7200
Intellectual Property, Health Care, Information Technology, Entertainment Law, Litigation
Partner
Born Montréal, 1958. Admitted to the Bar, Manitoba, 1991.
Education
Dawson College Professional Theatre Program (1975-1978); University of Winnipeg (B.A., 1987); University of Manitoba (LL.B., 1990).
Member
Canadian Bar Association.
Manitoba Bar Association.
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.
Manitoba Advocates Society.
Association des Juriste D'Expression Française du Manitoba.
Life Science Association of Manitoba.
Canadian International Pharmacy Association.
Positions
Freelance stage manager and production coordinator for major performing arts festivals and regional theatre companies (1975-1984); Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation - various activities including acting as the Grants Analyst for Manitoba's major cultural institutions (1984-1990); Member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba (1987-2007), having served as its President in 2000-2002; Member of the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Institute of Child Health Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association; CBA representative on the IP Users Committee of the Federal Court. He has been Chairperson of the firm's Intellectual Property Group since 1997.
John Myers practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property protection and enforcement (copyrights, trade-marks, domain names, trade secrets, confidential information and patent litigation), with an emphasis on issues related to the pharmaceutical industry. Since 1991, he has represented clients before the Manitoba and British Columbia Courts, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada, and in arbitrations before the World Intellectual Property Organization, the National Arbitration Forum and the International Chamber of Commerce, and has coordinated litigation before the courts in the Republic of Singapore, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and numerous jurisdictions within Canada and the United States.
