 Bennett Jones Education University of Guelph, BA (Hons), 2012 University of Windsor, JD, 2017 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2018 Overview Shelby Morrison has an intellectual property practice, with an emphasis on copyright and trademark litigation and trademark prosecution. She advises clients on strategy, and protecting, enforcing, and litigating intellectual property rights. Shelby advises clients in various industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agriculture, retail, and luxury goods. Shelby assists clients in all matters relating to commercialization of intellectual property. She regularly (i) consults on transactions involving IP and regulated industries; (ii) assists clients with licensing of intellectual property; and (iii) advises on the IP and regulatory aspects of corporate acquisition, re-organization and joint ventures. In addition to advising clients on a range of intellectual property matters, she also advises clients on regulatory, product regulation, promotion, packaging and labelling and compliance matters in relation to legal cannabis, food, medical device, natural health and drug products. Shelby is a member of the Advocates’ Society, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Bar Association. Experience • Organigram Global in its acquisition of Collective Project, a cannabis and hemp-derived beverage company • Resolve Sleep Health, a portfolio company of Kensington Private Equity Fund, in its acquisition of Aveiro Sleep, CanSleep, Parkland CPAP Services, SleepMedix, Chinook Respiratory Care and FreshAir Respiratory Care • Verillium Health in its acquisition of Wellwise by Shoppers from Shoppers Drug Mart • Employment Hero Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Humi Holdings, valued at over C$100 million • LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments • Shift4 Payments and its affiliates in its acquisition of of Eigen Development Ltd. and Eigen Holdings (U.S.) Corp. • ECI Software Solutions, a global provider of cloud-based business management software and services, in its acquisition of Avid Ratings • Recognize Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Blue Mantis and its subsidiaries in the US, Canada, and India, from ABRY Partners • Prosecuted numerous trademark applications. • Various clients on the advertising, labelling, packaging and other requirements under, and compliance with: the Food and Drugs Act; the Food and Drugs Regulations; the Natural Health Products Regulations; the Medical Devices Regulations; and the Cannabis Act and Cannabis Regulations. • Nate Hendley and James Lorimer & Company Ltd. in successfully defending against a claim for copyright infringement. • Alexa Translations in its trademark infringement action against Amazon.com. • Morrison Hershfield Group Inc. with the private company arrangement in its sale to Stantec Consulting Ltd. • Lovell Minnick Partners LLC ("LMP") in its acquisition of Netawork Canada Information Technology Products and Services ULC ("Netawork Canada") pursuant to past acquisitions of Net@Work Inc. and its US affiliates. • Briacell Therapeutics Corp., in the spin-out of BriaPro Therapeutics Corp. • Field Trip Health Ltd., in the spin-out of its drug development and medical clinics businesses into two independent public companies, Reunion Neuroscience and Field Trip Health & Wellness, by plan of arrangement. The spin-out transaction was supported by a private placement financing led by Oasis Management Company. • Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement. • 48North Cannabis Corp. in its $50-million acquisition by HEXO Corp. • Pyxus International, in the Canadian aspects of its US$1.2-billion recapitalization under Chapter 11 and infusion of US$400 million of fresh capital. |