Alfred A. Macchione

Alfred A. Macchione is a partner in our Technology, Communications and Intellectual Property Group in Toronto. He holds a master’s degree in engineering and graduated from the McGill Faculty of Law in 1986 as an Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medallist. He was called to the bars of Ontario and Québec and is a registered patent and trade-mark agent.

Alfred is involved in all aspects of the clearance, acquisition, enforcement and exploitation of patents, trade-marks, copyright, designs and other forms of intellectual property, with special emphasis on high technology. He has particular experience in the patenting of inventions in the fields of networked communications, business and financial services processes, software and other forms of computer technology.

Alfred’s specific experience in intellectual property matters includes advising in respect of the development, preparation, filing, prosecution and management of originating patent and trade-mark portfolios having worldwide scope, comprising ongoing enforcement activity and the defense of third-party assertions, related infringement and validity legal opinion work, licensing and standards activity, intellectual property transactional support and general intellectual property counselling for the following clients:

• a multinational technology manufacturer with operations in more than 40 countries;
• a large telecommunications equipment and services provider; and
• a multinational computer software, hardware and services company.

His other areas of expertise include electronic commerce and information technology transactions, technology acquisition, development and exploitation ventures, electronics manufacturing and supply logistics agreements, and technology outsourcing arrangements.

Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault, Alfred practised for a number of years with another Bay Street firm in Toronto. Earlier in his career, he practised for several years at a large Ottawa-based intellectual property prosecution and litigation firm and thereafter, in-house with the Canadian arm of a multinational computer company.

Alfred is a past chair of the Information Technology Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. He is also President of the Canadian National Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and is international Co-Chair of the IT and Internet Standing Committee of that organization. He has served on various other professional committees in the areas of intellectual property and information technology law.