Managing Principal
Direct line: 613.422.6155
Facsimile: 613.422.6388
Email: acroll@crollco.com
Amy’s practice focuses on trademark portfolio management for both domestic and international clients. She advises clients on all aspects of brand development, protection and management. Amy has expertise in complex clearance and registrability opinions and manages all domestic and foreign trademark filings and prosecution. On a pro bono basis, Amy regularly advises small businesses on how they can properly use and mark their trademarks.
Amy also specializes in domain name dispute issues and represents clients before the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). Amy is an active member of the International Trademark Associations Internet Committee.
Amy is a registered trademark agent with the Canadian Trademarks Office.
Professional Involvement
- International Trademark Association (INTA) - Internet Committee - WHOIS Sub-Committee
- Young Business Professionals of the National Capital (YBN-NC)
- Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI)
- Carleton University Alumni Association - President, Law Society Chapter
Senior Associate
Direct line: 613.226.5591
Facsimile: 613.422.6388
Email: ssmallwood@crollco.com
Stacey is a registered Canadian trade-mark agent with over ten years experience in the industry.
While her focus is on trade-marks, Stacey's practice includes trade-mark searching, trade-mark prosecution, including opposition proceedings, trade-mark and copyright licensing, copyright registration, guidance with respect to proper usage of trade-marks in advertising and on web-sites, domain name registration and arbitration, and industrial design protection.
Stacey is a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and the International Trademark Association (INTA). She is an active member of the International Trademark Associations Non-Conventional Trademarks Committee. In addition, Stacey is actively involved in the community. She is a member of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Education Task Force.
Professional Involvement
- International Trademark Association (INTA) - Non-Conventional Trademarks Committee
- Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
Counsel
Direct line: 613.612.1150
Facsimile: 613.422.6388
Email: vsilva@crollco.com
Valerie Silva has extensive experience counseling clients with respect to defending and protecting their trademark rights in trademark opposition and expungement proceedings, including preparing and negotiating complex settlement agreements. Valerie has practical experience and strategic knowledge of the recent practice amendments to trademark oppositions, as implemented by Trademarks Opposition Board.
Valerie has also been involved in trademark litigation matters for clients, including a recent appeal from a decision of the Canadian Trademarks Office to order the expungement of a client’s trademark registrations.
Valerie also has a wide range of experience in reviewing and reporting Canadian and U.S. search results and providing clearance opinions. Valerie also attends to the filing and prosecution of Canadian and foreign trademark applications, and provides clients with strategic advice with respect to their worldwide trademark portfolios.
Valerie has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) with a double major in Psychology & Law & Society from York University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Valerie also completed her Bachelors of Law at the University of Ottawa, where she graduated cum laude.
Valerie is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) and is also a registered Trademark Agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
During law school, Valerie interned in the legal department of a computer software company advising them on copyright issues and their legal obligations regarding the disclosure of their customers. Valerie has also interned at Environment Canada where she reviewed and drafted regulations for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
Professional Involvement
- Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI)
Counsel (Corporate)
Direct Line: 613-830-1112
Facsimile: 613-830-7998
Email: mlapierre@crollco.com
Michelle La Pierre acts as corporate counsel to Croll & Co. Michelle is the managing principal and owner of La Pierre Law Office, which was established in 1982. Michelle offers Corporate and Business Law services, which encompasses many different legal areas, from the starting of a new business, buying or expanding an existing business, re-organizing a financially troubled business or dealing with issues of insolvency.
Specifically, Michelle can provide services and advice with respect to the following:
- starting a new business
- purchase and sale of businesses
- incorporation and organization of federal and provincial companies
- municipal, provincial and federal registration
- extra-provincial registrations across Canada
- shareholders agreements, partnership agreements
- franchises
- corporate re-organization and re-structuring
Michelle has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), as well as a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ottawa.
Professional Involvement
- Member of Carleton County Law Association
- Member of Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member of Algonquin College Law Clerk Advisory Committee
Branding Expert
Direct Line: 613.440.4600
Facsimile: 1.866.366.1751
Email: wmitchell@crollco.com
Wayne Mitchell acts as a branding and graphic design consultant to Croll & Co. Wayne is the owner of Red Caddy Inc., a branding and graphic design firm. Over the last twenty years in the creative field, Wayne has focused on corporate identity and brand development. Coupled with a strong commitment to achieving the goals of clients, his success stems from the habit of listening carefully, designing appropriately and creating materials that speak to their target audience.
Specifically, Wayne can provide services and advice with respect to the following:
- Corporate identity development
- Brand development
- Trade show displays
- Marketing materials
Wayne holds an AOCA diploma (Associate of OCA) from the four-year Communication and Design course at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, with a focus on Corporate Design.
Professional Involvement
- Member of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario.
Counsel
Direct line: 613.697.6964
Facsimile: 613.422.6388
Email: gpang@crollco.com
Gregory Pang assists Croll & Co as counsel. He is a sole practitioner who works on a contract basis with Croll & Co. to provide services in the area of trademark law.
Gregory’s experience in trademark law includes drafting licence agreements, conducting registrability searches, drafting search reports, filing and prosecuting Canadian applications, assisting in the filing and prosecuting of U.S. applications, drafting and responding to demand and cease & desist letters, assisting in negotiations in respect to trademark disputes and matters before the Trade-marks Opposition Board, and advising clients on protecting and defending their trademark rights. Aside from trademark law, Gregory also practises corporate/commercial law, having experience in incorporating businesses, corporate governance, and drafting various business contracts.
In giving back to the community, Gregory acts as pro bono counsel for re-Cycles Community Bicycle Shop, and is also a proud supporter of Project Macfrica, a grassroots initiative to donate used pre-loaded computers to Kenya. Aside from practising law, Gregory works in a law enforcement role with the federal government.
Gregory obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2000 from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Laws in 2008 from the University of Ottawa, where he graduated cum laude. He was called to the Ontario Bar in June 2009 and is a registered Trade-mark Agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Prior to his law career, Gregory was a freelance writer and worked in the film and television industry for four years.