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 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 has extensive experience in a range of technical fields including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, cryptography, gaming, communications, healthcare and medical devices, virtual and mixed reality, and wearables. She is a key contributor to www.insidetechlaw.com on the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence. 

Maya was an adjunct professor at York University teaching 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. She is a lecturer (and past director) of the McGill and Intellectual Property Institute of Canada patent course. 

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.