Jim Holloway
Biography
Jim is an experienced trial lawyer and a trusted advisor to Canadian and multinational clients, providing strategic, pragmatic and commercial representation and advice. Outside the courtroom and boardroom, Jim has served as the Toronto Office’s Managing Partner, a member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee, a member of the Firm's Global Policy Committee, and as Chair of the North America Region.
Practice Focus
Jim’s practice focuses on intellectual property, technology and supply chain issues, including trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret disputes, as well as anti-counterfeiting litigation, diversion and grey market matters, unfair competition claims, marketing and advertising complaints, licensing and distributorship disputes, breach of confidentiality matters, and product liability claims involving technology. Beyond disputes, Jim advises clients on the development, protection, and monetization of their intellectual property assets and how to avoid/manage supply chain risk. Jim also assists Canadian clients in navigating global legal issues. Jim has advised and represented many small, medium and large companies, and has acted as lead counsel on matters before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, Trial Division, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented a well-known food and beverage company in a lawsuit involving the unauthorized sale of cannabis products in packaging that mimicked the look of that company’s well known confectionery products.
- Represented a European media company in two lawsuits involving the misuse of their copyrighted content on Canadian IPTV services.
- Represented a US-based multinational retail company in lawsuits involving the alleged appropriation and misuse of geographical denominations or indications, and the validity of related trademarks.
- Represented a well-known vaping company in a lawsuit involving the unauthorized sale of noncompliant cannabis products in association with confusingly similar trademarks and trade dress, and infringing designs.
- Represented a UK-based software company in a lawsuit arising from the development of a bespoke software solution for a Canadian financial institution.
- Represented one of the world’s leading fast-moving consumer goods companies in a dispute involving the alleged use of a confusingly similar trademark in association with compliant cannabis products.
- Represented one of the world’s leading videoconferencing companies during the COVID-19 pandemic in a lawsuit alleging the infringement of a Canadian media company’s trademarks.
- Advising a US-based social media company on issues relating to the development of artificial intelligence models and copyright issues arising from training these models.
- Advising a UK-based company on issues relating to the development of text-to-image artificial intelligence models and copyright issues arising from training these models.
- Represented a leading retail store chain in a lawsuit involving the sale of android set-top devices wrongly alleged to be designed and used for the purposes of copyright infringement.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association
- International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
- Canadian Bar Association
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- The Advocates' Society
Admissions
- Ontario~Canada (1993)
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M. Intellectual Property) (2003)
- University of Western Ontario (LL.B.) (1991)
- McMaster University (B.A., summa cum laude) (1988)
Languages
- English
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an Ontario limited liability partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.