People

Smart & Biggar is Canada’s largest and highest ranked intellectual property firm. Our reputation and strength is a measure of the quality of our people, and we are proud to have the broadest and deepest bench for IP in Canada. With over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents, we offer legal expertise and technological knowledge across a wide range of industries and scientific and engineering disciplines, with leaders in every field.

Services

Today’s fast-paced innovation economy demands a higher level of expertise and attention to detail when it comes to IP. Our highly skilled team of lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents advise clients on a wide variety of strategic business, brand and technology matters leveraging their deep expertise in intellectual property to help them succeed with IP.

Industries

Across all industries, intellectual property is at the heart of innovation and is key to accelerating business value and growth. Developing a clear IP strategy and knowing how to tap and leverage IP to align with business goals can unlock competitive advantages and make the difference between industry leaders and followers.

Insights

At the forefront of IP in Canada, and actively involved as leaders in industry committees and associations, we stay up-to-date and proactively report on the latest developments in intellectual property law in Canada and around the world. Breaking IP news, changes in the law, important new decisions, and information on key IP issues are provided here through our IP publications and resources.

Careers

Many of the world's most commercially important innovators and most prominent brands trust Smart & Biggar to protect and enforce their IP and to provide them with strategic IP counsel. We have developed a reputation as a firm of talented lawyers and patent and trademark agents with integrity, business savvy and tremendous acumen. That’s why we look for the brightest people with combined talent and strengths in law, business, science and technology.

Who we are

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property, and with over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents in five offices, we are also Canada’s largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

Rankings & Recognition

14 Smart & Biggar practitioners recognized in the 2024 LMG Life Sciences rankings

October 11, 2024

Smart & Biggar is proud to announce the recognition of 14 of our practitioners for their expertise across Intellectual Property, Patent Prosecution & Strategy and Regulatory practice areas in the 2024 edition of the Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences rankings.

The consecutive firm-wide ranking as Highly Recommended in Patent Litigation (Branded), Patent Prosecution & Strategy and Regulatory Law highlights our acclaimed status as a leader in the IP sector with unparalleled expertise and professional excellence in the life sciences practice area.

Congratulations to the following practitioners on their recognition as Life Sciences Stars:

Intellectual Property

Noel Courage
Carmela De Luca
Patricia Folkins
Micheline Gravelle
Sheldon Hamilton
Yoon Kang
Daphne Lainson
Nancy Pei
David Schwartz
David St-Martin
Urszula Wojtyra

Rising Star

Herman Cheung

Patent Prosecution & Strategy

Mark Pidkowich

Regulatory Law

Alice Tseng

Last month, the firm was honoured as Canadian Patent Strategy Firm of the Year at the 2024 LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards. Daphne Lainson was named Canadian Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year.

The full list of 2024 LMG Life Sciences rankings is available to view online.

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