Jeanette practises in the areas of intellectual property, advertising and entertainment law. She advises her clients on trade-mark and copyright matters, advertising and marketing, branded entertainment, brand licensing, publishing, video game, film and television licensing and production, new media and e-commerce, consumer protection, privacy, IP enforcement and domain name disputes.

Jeanette has acted for media companies, film and television producers, studios and distributors, animation companies, video game developers, record companies, authors and creators, entertainment industry organizations, large entertainment venues, professional sports organziations, electronics, merchandise and toy manufacturers, and technology companies, as well as companies in the financial, hospitality, education, government, food, retail and energy sectors.

Jeanette joined the firm in October 2009, after practising as a senior associate with the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Prior to that, she practised in-house at Canwest, and as an associate with IP boutique firm Bereskin & Parr.

Professional Activities

• Regularly contributes articles to legal publications on IP, marketing and entertainment matters, and gives presentations and papers at conferences such as Canadian Corporate Counsel Association and Infonex
• Maintains a regular law blog with Slaw.ca on IP, marketing and entertainment matters: www.slaw.ca/author/lee
• Executive Member, Ontario Bar Association Entertainment, Media and Communications Section (Program Coordinator)

Education

• Registered Canadian Trade-mark Agent – 2004
• Called to Ontario Bar – 2000
• McGill University, LL.B. and B.C.L. (Bachelor of Civil Law) – 1998
• University of Toronto, B.Ed. – 1994
• Queen's University, B.A. (Hons.) – 1991