Neil Melliship is a partner of the firm and the Chair of the Intellectual Property Group. He is also a member of the firm's Technology and Health Care Groups.

Neil has a background in commercial law and his practice is focused on complex intellectual property and other legal issues arising out of the development, licensing, implementation and use of information technology. His clients include a wide array of computer software developers, hardware and electronics manufacturers, major financial and insurance service providers, public bodies and other businesses involved in developing, commercializing, acquiring and implementing information technology-based products and services.

Neil has written a number of articles on intellectual property matters, including a summary of the Canadian trademark registration process, a review of the licensing provisions under the Canadian Trade-Marks Act, a guide to choosing enforceable trademarks, and the .ca Domain Registry. He has also been a presenter on intellectual property law for the Centre for Digital Media, Masters of Digital Media Program at Great Northern Way Campus, on Ecommerce in Canada for Insight, on technology licensing issues for the BC Continuing Legal Education and on advanced trade-mark law issues for Law Seminars International.

Neil is a co-founder of and regular contributor to the Canadian Trademark Blog (trademarkblog.ca). He is regularly called on by the media to comment on current trade-mark, domain name and other intellectual property matters. Based on peer selection, Neil is included in the 2011 & 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada, in the specialty of Technology Law.

Neil graduated from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1985. He is an active volunteer in the community.

Law Society of British Columbia (1986)

Registered Trade-mark Agent for Canada

British Columbia Technology Industries Association

International Trademark Association – Editorial Board for the INTA Bulletin

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada