Stephanie Vaccari

Biography

Managing Partner Emeritus, Stephanie Vaccari leads the Toronto office Intellectual Property Practice Group, Industrial Design and Transactional IP team, and co-leads its IP Portfolio Management and Trademark Enforcement teams. Stephanie also serves as co-chair of Baker McKenzie's Toronto Consumer Goods and Retail Group, the Baker Women's Networking Group, and is spearheading the Toronto office's Luxury and Fashion Group.

Stephanie is described as a lawyer who has “complete mastery of the law and is practical and commercially minded.” She graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School and received a Bachelor of Sciences degree (Biology Specialist) from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with distinction.

In 2022, Stephanie was recognized as "Managing Partner of the Year" at the Canadian Law Awards, and North American "Trademark Lawyer of the Year" at the Women in Business Law Awards. She is honoured to have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada 2023 Guide for Intellectual Property Law.

Practice Focus

Stephanie advises industry clients on a broad range of IP-related matters. She has extensive trade mark-related experience, has assisted global clients with worldwide trade mark portfolios, and represented them in opposition and cancellation proceedings. She has experience in transactional IP and has also participated in a variety of complex lawsuits dealing with, among others, trade mark and copyright infringement, patent infringement and validity, Internet and domain name issues, licensing, unfair competition and passing off.