Education

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada

La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia

Professional Affiliations

Adjudicator
Resolutions Canada Inc.

ALESSANDRO COLONNIER

OTTAWA

Alessandro Colonnier, B. A. Sc., LL.B., is a lawyer, patent agent and trademark agent at Andrews Robichaud. Alessandro obtained an electrical engineering degree from the University of Ottawa with a specialization in Telecommunications. He received his law degree from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia before returning to Ottawa in private practice.

Alessandro’s technical expertise lies in optical communications and networking, digital signal processing, wave propagation and antennas as well as communications systems, including filters, channel coding and capacity, noise detection in signals, and various modulation techniques.

Alessandro’s practice focuses on patent searching, drafting, and prosecution, and is often involved in intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution. Alessandro is also involved in trademark prosecution and enforcement, and advises on domain name issues and disputes. Alessandro’s practice also deals with various corporate law and governance matters.

Alessandro is also an adjudicator for Resolutions Canada inc. to hear domain name disputes regarding .ca domain name registrations.

On his spare time, Alessandro is an avid traveller, loves to alpine ski and waterski, and loves ultimate frisbee.

Alessandro is fluently trilingual and is proud to serve his clients in English, French or Italian.