Maya Medeiros
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Related services
- Intellectual property
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Communications, media and entertainment
- Copyright law
- Energy
- FinTech
- IP enforcement
- IP strategy and governance
- Patents
Key industry sectors
Biography
Maya Medeiros is an intellectual property lawyer, patent agent (Canada, US) and trademark agent (Canada, US) and has a degree in mathematics and computer science. She has extensive experience in artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, cryptography, payments, graph theory, risk management, gaming, face recognition, communications, healthcare and medical devices, virtual and mixed reality, wearables, and other computer-related technologies. She is a key contributor to www.insidetechlaw.com on the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence.
She advises on IP strategy and develops tailored IP policies and training programs. Maya prepares domestic and international IP registrations and manages international portfolios, including coordinating foreign associates for foreign application prosecution. She also drafts and negotiates agreements relating to IP assets, such as licences, confidentiality agreements, system access agreements, joint development, and collaboration agreements. Maya assists with due diligence, landscape and freedom-to-operate evaluations.
She is an adjunct professor at York University and teaches a course on the commercialization of intellectual property. She leads a collaboration with IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic to supervise its clinic students and service emerging companies.
While obtaining her undergraduate degree, Maya gained valuable industry experience working for a technology start-up company.
While completing her law degree, she attended the International Intellectual Property program at the University of Oxford, where she studied Canadian, European and American patent and copyright law.
Professional experience
Collapse allJ.D., University of Victoria, 2006
B.Sc.(Hons.), Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Toronto, 2003
- Ontario 2007
- Canada (patents) 2008
- Canada (trademarks) 2013
- United States (patents) 2010
- British Columbia 2020
Maya has acted in the following matters:
- Advising leading financial institutions on patenting fintech
- Advising leading research institutions and commercialization offices on patenting digital health and artificial intelligence innovation
- Advising Zerofootprint Software Inc. on patenting its carbon emission calculation technology
- Advising Imagine Communication its media processing technology
- Advising Scribble Technologies Inc. on patenting its digital content publication technology
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Information Technology Law, 2023-2025; FinTech Practice, 2025
- IAM Patent 1000, Prosecution, Law Business Research Ltd., 2022-2024
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2020: recommended in Intellectual Property
- Recognized as a top Intellectual Property strategist, IAM Strategy 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists, 2020
Fintech – Stake a Patent Claim?" 304 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOURNAL. [28 I.P.J.]
Artificial Intelligence: The ethical and legal implications www.aitech.law
Pear Therapeutics' FDA Approved App Changes the Game in Healthcare
Chatbots gone wild? Some ethical considerations
Growth of Digital Payments on Social Networks
Artificial Intelligence and Social Networks
Social media stars and IP empires
Legal considerations for social network APIs
- Canadian Technology Law Association (board of directors)
- Toronto Intellectual Property Group, chair (past chair, five-year executive term)
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Association of University Technology Managers
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- Artificial Intelligence Network of British Columbia (AInBC) (board of directors)
- British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BC Tech)
Insights
2024 Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity Summit
Webinar | Monday, November 25 - Thursday, November 28, 2024
Can AI be an author? Federal Court asked to decide in new copyright case
Publication | August 6, 2024
Generative AI: A Global guide to key IP considerations
Blog | July 11, 2024