Tania D’Souza Culora

Tania is an intellectual property lawyer, with over 18 years of private practice experience. She specializes in developing and managing tailored global anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy programs for clients across an array of industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to major international fashion and luxury goods, tech, cosmetics, personal care products, and household goods.

She designs and runs global Customs programs covering trademark, copyright, design, and patent rights.

She is the lead client contact on numerous administrative, criminal, and civil enforcement matters, with a particular focus on trademark, copyright, and design infringement, working with counsel across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Tania’s extensive cross-border project-management skills and understanding of the global enforcement landscape inform the strategic guidance she provides her clients, helping them determine the jurisdictions in which to focus their anti-counterfeiting/anti-piracy efforts, always with an eye to efficacy.

Tania also advises on global branding strategy, and IP program investigations management ensuring lawful evidence-gathering and admissibility of evidence. She is dual-qualified, being admitted to practice in Ontario, Canada as well as England & Wales.

Practice based in: Toronto
Contact Info

E: tdsouza@seastoneip.com

P: +1 416 433 8449

Education:
  • L.L.B., University of Southampton (1999)
  • Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Guildford (2000)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, University of Bristol (2005)
Admissions:
  • England and Wales (2002)
  • Ontario (2016)
Areas of Focus:
  • Brand Strategy
  • Global Anti-Counterfeiting & Anti-Piracy
  • Trademarks
  • Copyright
  • Technology
  • Apparel and Luxury Goods
  • FMCG
Recognition:
  • WIPR Leaders, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
  • World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2016, 2018-2024

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