Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan C. Cohen is the Managing Partner of Shapiro Cohen. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto) in 1969 and has practised law exclusively in the field of intellectual property with the firm of Shapiro Cohen. Jonathan has lectured and written extensively both in Canada and internationally on various aspects of trade-mark law, including domain name issues.

In the past 5 years Jonathan has concentrated on the domain name world. Having served on the Board of Directors of ICANN, he has had a unique opportunity to be involved in international Internet governance and policy from the ground up. His client base is worldwide and ranges from small entrepreneurs to multi-national corporations in the entertainment, pharmaceutical, personal care, and electronic fields.

In addition to continuing his role as a managing partner in the last few years he has been advising clients around the world on International Internet Trade-mark/Domain Name Strategy and Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), which has become increasingly important to companies in an e-commerce world, facing hundreds of top level domains, all with an instantaneous on-line international reach.

Jonathan belongs to many Intellectual Property organizations and has written and spoken on the subject around the world over the past 30 years. Among his speaking engagements recently, Jonathan has spoken on domain name and trade-mark matters at a United Nations Conference, to the Committee on Foreign Relations in New York City and to the Canadian government.

Jonathan has established himself in a leading role as a legal advisor on International Internet and Domain Strategy.