Background
Polson Ashton, Toni B. was born on May 13, 1948 in Fort William, Ontario.
Polson Ashton, Toni B. was born on May 13, 1948 in Fort William, Ontario.
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Queen"s University and Osgoode Hall (Bachelor of Laws, 1973).
Worked at Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in Practice restricted to Patents, Industrial Designs, Trade Marks, Trade Secrets, Copyright, Licensing, Franchising, Products Liability and Related Matters. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Ontario. Phi Delta Phi. Company-Author: "Hughes on Trade-Marks," Butterworths, Canada, 1993.
Canadian Forms & Precedents, Trade-marks Chapter, Butterworths, Canada, 1993.
"Canadian Forms & Precedents," Trade-marks Chapter, Butterworths, Canada, 1993. Special Member, Association of European Trade Mark Proprietors (MARQUES).
Member: County of York Law Association. Ontario and Canadian (Chair, National Section on Intellectual Property Law, 1992-1993.
Member, Trade-marks Committee) Bar Associations.
International Trademark Association (Member, International Trademark Committee, 1983. Chairperson, Canada Sub-Committee, 1986. Member, Steering Council, 1993-1995.
Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997.
Member, Executive Committee, 1996-1997. Assistant Chair, Legislative Analysis Committee, 1996-1997.
Member, Meetings Committee, 1996-1997). Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Member, Trade-marks Joint Liaison Committee).
Since 1970 the firms of Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay and Sim & McBurney have provided the broadest range of services in the field of industrial and intellectual property and related civil litigation in Canada.
Member: County of York Law Association. Ontario and Canadian (Chair, National Section on Intellectual Property Law, 1992-1993. Member, Trade-marks Committee) Bar Associations.
International Trademark Association (Member, International Trademark Committee, 1983.
Chairperson, Canada Sub-Committee, 1986. Member, Steering Council, 1993-1995.
Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997. Member, Executive Committee, 1996-1997.
Assistant Chair, Legislative Analysis Committee, 1996-1997.
Member, Meetings Committee, 1996-1997). Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Member, Trade-marks Joint Liaison Committee). Fellow, Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Member, Trade-marks Joint Liaison Committee).