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TrUST Course on Intellectual Property – February 5, 2025

January 24, 2025

Speakers : Nicolas Déziel from CIPO and Malek Jundi from Axelys

Date and time : Wednesday, February 5th, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time)

To attend this course or to get access to the recording, please contact the program coordinator (genevieve.boudreau@inrs.ca).

Summary : This course will build upon what was discussed in our first course on intellectual property in 2024.

Bio of Nicolas : Nicolas is an Intellectual Property Advisor at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for the Québec region. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education (B.Ed) and in Communications (B.Comm) from Université Laval. He has been working at CIPO since 2015, starting in the Patent Office, where he created digital products and resources for the CIPO website on a variety of IP related topics, that directly supported the National IP Strategy launched by the Federal Government.

Since then, he has gained extensive knowledge of the IP ecosystem in Canada, and has been active in learning design, outreach and training to Canadian innovators, creators and business owners, to support IP awareness and education on a broad scale. He works more closely with Canadian innovators and small and medium-sized businesses to help them increase their knowledge base on IP, as well as strategically consider and leverage IP assets to support their business objectives.

Bio of Malek : Malek Jundi is a Legal Advisor at Axelys with over six years of experience in intellectual property and technology transfer. A law graduate from the Université de Montreal and a member of the Barreau du Quebec, he previously worked at Aligo, a technology transfer company, from 2018 to 2021 before joining Axelys. In addition to his legal background, he holds a degree in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology, providing him with a comprehensive understanding of researchers’ and graduate students’ perceptions of intellectual property. This expertise enables him to adeptly guide them through the legal aspects of technology transfer.

At Axelys, Malek Jundi is involved in drafting various agreements, including commercial agreements and research contracts. Additionally, he provides advice on intellectual property protection strategies.

Furthermore, Malek Jundi has taught a graduate course in molecular biology at Polytechnique Montréal and has authored several scientific articles within the field of immunology.