Associate announcement

Shift Law Welcomes Rebecca Kupfer

Shift Law is pleased to welcome Rebecca (Remi) Kupfer to its growing intellectual property team.

August 26, 2022

Rebecca is an Associate lawyer at Shift Law where she specializes in trademark and copyright litigation, trademark prosecution (Canada and U.S.), providing intellectual property clearance opinions and preparing intellectual property related contracts.

Rebecca is a graduate of the Canadian and American Dual Juris Doctor program through the universities of Windsor and Detroit Mercy Law where she obtained both a Canadian and an American law degree. Prior to law school Rebecca obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Queen’s University.

During her time in law school Rebecca was active in student and community life, as an executive member of the Jewish Law Students Association, as a Faculty Council Representative on Windsor Law’s Student Law Society and volunteering with Windsor Community Legal Aid. She also served as a Teaching Assistant for the Comparative Legal Writing and Research course at Detroit Mercy Law. In the summer of 2019 Rebecca completed a Judicial Internship with the Honorable Terrence G. Berg in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Prior to joining Shift Law as an Associate, Rebecca summered and articled at another boutique intellectual property firm in downtown Toronto.

Rebecca was called to the Ontario Bar in 2022 and is in the final stages of being admitted to the Bar of the State of Minnesota.


Shift Law

Founded in 2011 and based in Toronto, Shift Law has established itself among the top IP law boutiques in Canada. In our short history, we have scored a number of notable litigation successes and assisted clients in a wide range of industries with trademark prosecution, licensing, and other IP solicitor work. We are proud to be recognized for the consistently high quality of our work and our exceptional, personalized service.

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