Sharon Groom

Sharon is a partner in McMillan’s Toronto office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group as well as its Competition Law Group. Her practice focuses in the areas of trade-marks, copyright, technology law and advertising and marketing law. Sharon has an extensive background in intellectual property having worked in private practice specializing in Canadian and US trademarks and copyright, as well as having been a Hearing Officer for the Trademarks Opposition Board. She also brings a wealth of international corporate commercial and business expertise gained as in-house counsel for companies in the financial services, publishing and technology industries. Her positions have included Senior Vice President, Risk Management and General Counsel, Americas, for Thomas Cook; Director of Legal and Administrative Affairs and Assistant General Counsel for Harlequin Enterprises Limited where she managed a global portfolio of over 2,500 trademarks. She has also held a position as Corporate Legal Counsel for Newbridge Networks Corporation (now Alcatel Lucent). Sharon is also an adjudicator for .ca domain names and regularly is called upon by Resolution Canada Inc. to determine domain name disputes. Sharon received her B. Mus. in piano performance and LL.B from Queen’s University.