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Gabriel Melançon

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Gabriel Melançon

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514 397-6905
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Montreal

25th Floor
1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA
514 397-8500 514 397-8515

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Gabriel Melançon has been a member of our commercial law and intellectual property teams in the Montreal office since 2021. He is involved in a wide range of technology law matters, including privacy and the protection of personal information.

Gabriel works on a wide range of commercial law matters, including the drafting of licence agreements, research collaboration agreements, the assignment of intellectual property assets, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing and more. For him, obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights is not just an end in itself: it is also an asset that any innovative company can use to increase its market value and business opportunities.

When it comes to technological issues, Gabriel brings valuable proficiency in privacy compliance. He is involved in developing privacy policies, drafting contracts for the processing of personal information, and conducting privacy impact assessments. His work also includes privacy due diligence, the use of open source software and artificial intelligence, to ensure that company practices meet the highest standards of personal data protection.

A law graduate from the Université de Sherbrooke, Gabriel also completed a Master's degree in biology, majoring in life sciences and law, to satisfy his natural curiosity for scientific and technological fields. He is the author of a master's thesis on the licensing of medical devices and their protection by patents and utility models in Canada and around the world.

He is also co-author of Précis de propriété intellectuelle, a work that popularizes and summarizes copyright, trademarks and patents for law students. Gabriel has also published a number of articles in specialized journals.

Expertise

Partnering, Licensing, and Other Commercial Transactions
Commercial Contracts
Mergers and Acquisitions
Patents, Industrial Designs, and Trade Secrets
Privacy and Data Protection

Industries

Life Sciences and Healthcare
Information Technology and Telecommunications
Entertainment, Sports, and Media

Education

  • Barreau du Québec (2022)
  • LL.B., Law degree, life sciences and law, Université de Sherbrooke (2021)
  • M.S.V.D., Master's degree in biology, life sciences and law, Université de Sherbrooke (2022)

Recognition(s)

  • Université de Sherbrooke (2019) - Bourse de l’Association générale étudiante de droit (AGED)

Publications

Representative Work

  • Acted on behalf of Theodorus, a venture capital fund dedicated to early stage investments in the life sciences, in its $2M pre-seed financing for the creation of Neomabs Biotechnologies, a company dedicated to the development of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer;
  • Acted on behalf of Genesis Drug Discovery & Development, member of Genesis Global Group, in its acquisition of JSS Medical Research, an enterprise with corporate headquarters in Montréal, Canada, and regional offices in Bogotá, Columbia, Faridabad, India, and Warsaw, Poland, which provides pre- and post-approval clinical development services to support pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutraceutical and medical device companies worldwide;
  • Involvement in various transactions, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings;
  • Drafting of drug licensing, development and manufacturing agreements for various international pharmaceutical companies;
  • Drafting of various contracts in the field of technology and innovation (option to purchase intellectual property, financing for innovation projects, copyright assignment contract, etc.);
  • Intellectual property due diligence in commercial transactions (verification of patent portfolio status, assignment and/or waiver of copyrights, registration of trademarks and domain names, etc.);
  • Drafting of legal opinions on regulatory law in the life sciences industry;
  • Collaboration with the patent team in verifying the validity of a client's patents prior to filing an infringement action.

Professional Affiliation(s)

  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association, since 2019
  • Barreau du Québec (2022)

Involvement

  • Volunteer, Comité Technologies de l’Information, Jeune Barreau de Montréal (since 2022)
  • Member of the executive of the Information, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Section, Canadian Bar Association - Québec Branch (since 2019)
  • Teacher of the class DRT-131 Recherche documentaire 2, Université de Sherbrooke (2021)
  • Participant - Litigator, Copyright Policy Moot Court Competition (2020)

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