B.A (Hons) J.D.
Lawyer
Trademark Agent
+1-647-812-1153
+1-771-333-5661
Sebastian Beck-Watt is a lawyer and Canadian trademark agent. Sebastian advises on the acquisition, protection, enforcement, and commercialization of intellectual property in a variety of sectors. He has experience in a range of intellectual property and related areas, including trademarks, copyright, marketing and advertising, licensing, and domain name matters. Sebastian has worked with clients across a range of industries to manage their international trademark portfolios, including trademark strategy, clearance, and prosecution, as well as handling cancellation and opposition proceedings. Sebastian also regularly provides advice and assists with enforcement and dispute resolution in intellectual property and related matters. He has appeared before the Trademarks Opposition Board and the Federal Court.
Sebastian graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School. During law school, he interned at a major Canadian news and media organization, was an active member of IP Osgoode – Osgoode Hall’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Program, and worked as a research assistant for leading intellectual property professors. He previously received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Ottawa and worked in the financial services industry for several years.
Prior to joining PCK, Sebastian was an intellectual property associate at a full-service law firm and at a boutique intellectual property law firm, both in Toronto. He also clerked for a judge at the Federal Court of Canada and articled at a national intellectual property law firm in Ottawa.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2017
Honours Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Ottawa, 2011
AWARDS
ManagingIP, Rising Star (2023)
MEMBER
- Law Society of Ontario (LSO)
- College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA)
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) – Conference Committee, Indigenous IP Committee
- Intellectual Property Owners Association
- International Trademarks Association (INTA) – Copyright Committee
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
PUBLICATIONS
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Trademarks, Passing Off, and Unfair Competition, LexisNexis Canada, 2025 Reissue – Co-authored by The Honourable Roger T. Hughes, Sanjukta Tole, and Sebastian Beck-Watt
Practice Guides – Trade Marks and Copyright 2024 – Canada, Chambers and Partners (2024) – Co-authored with Casey Chisick, Steven Kennedy, Karen MacDonald, Jessica Zagar, Alexander De Pompa, and Steven Henderson
WTR Americas Trademark Prosecution Review – Canada, World Trademark Review (2024) – Co-authored with Steven Kennedy and Jennifer McKenzie
“Just Laugh It Off: Trademark Parody and the Expansion of User Rights”, Intellectual Property Journal, 30 IPJ 95 (2017)