


Sharon Groom is an accomplished intellectual property lawyer with extensive experience in Canadian and US trademarks and copyright, and a secondary focus on privacy and data protection. Sharon assists clients in the banking, media, communications, entertainment, and technology sectors.
Over her distinguished legal career, Sharon gained a wealth of international corporate commercial and business expertise as in-house counsel for companies in the financial services, technology and publishing industries. As director of legal and administrative affairs and assistant general counsel for Harlequin Enterprises, she managed a global portfolio of over 2,500 trademarks.
Sharon also held the position of senior vice president, risk management and general counsel, Americas, for Thomas Cook, and served as corporate legal counsel for Newbridge Networks Corporation (now Alcatel Lucent).
Formerly a hearing officer for the Trademarks Opposition Board, Sharon currently acts as an adjudicator for Resolution Canada Inc. in disputes over .ca domain names. She is a leader of the firm’s national Intellectual Property Group.
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