May Cheng
About
Provided by May Cheng
Practice Areas
May is a Certi?ed Specialist in Intellectual Property (IP) Law (Trademark/Copyright), and a partner at Osler. She has 25 years of experience in advising clients on all aspects of IP protection and enforcement, including branding strategy, acquisition, licensing and anti-counterfeiting. She is regularly involved in a wide variety of IP infringement cases and complex licensing deals.
Career
May has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in IP by: IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2019, IP STARS and Top 250 Women in IP (2019) Managing IP, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Legal 500. She received a Lexpert Zenith Award (2018) and the WLAO’s President’s Award in 2016.
Professional Memberships
Co-Chair, IP Year in Review, Law Society Ontario (LSO), 2019
INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee member, 2018-2019
Certi?ed Specialist Board Member, LSO, 2016-2019
Publications
May is a regular contributor to The Lawyer's Daily, covering current IP cases and legislative changes. She is a contributing author of Intellectual Property Enforcement in the Digital World, 2017 ed. LexisNexis, Lexis Practice Advisor on Canada’s Anti-counterfeiting Topic 2017, and Intellectual Property Law and Work for The Law of Work, 2015 ed. Emond Montgomery.
Personal
University of Ottawa, LL.B.
Registered Trademark Agent
Chambers Review
Global
May Cheng assists clients with a host of intellectual property issues, particularly those associated with Canadian trade mark law, including brand strategy, enforcement and protection. She is based in Toronto.
"She has been exceptional the whole time I have been working with her; client communication is her biggest strength." "I was impressed by May Cheng's strategic IP advice."