Iris Günther
Partner

Iris Günther is a German attorney who joined our firm as an intellectual property practitioner in 2004. During her practice in Germany, she was an associate attorney at a well-known IP boutique and as such handled all manners of intellectual property and unfair competition matters including litigation. Before specializing in intellectual property, Iris practiced general commercial law and litigation, international law and contractual matters. At Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, Iris mainly handles national and international trade-mark prosecution as well as oppositions and other brand protection proceedings. She also supervises and handles cases of international litigation in trade-mark, copyright or unfair competition matters for multinational clients.

• Licensing and Technology
• Intellectual Property

• 3-month traineeship at Brazilian law firm in São Paulo, Brazil
• Second German State Exam in Law, University of Frankfurt, 1997
• First German State Exam in Law at the University of Göttingen, 1995

• Registered trade-mark agent
• Member of the Hamburg Bar Association
• Member of the German Brazilian Lawyers Association
• Member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
• Chair of INTA Latin American Sub-committee for Parallel Importation
• Member of Marques Association

• January 2005
  Protection of Notorious Trade-Marks in Canada

• Recognized by The International Who’s Who of Trade-Mark Lawyers 2010 and 2011 as one of the best trade-mark attorneys