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.

Events

Smart & Biggar lawyers visit Austin to attend the INTA Leadership Meeting

November 18, 2019

Trademark lawyers from around the world will gather in Austin, Texas for the International Trademark Association (INTA) Leadership Meeting from November 19-22, 2019. Representing Smart & Biggar at the meeting are partners, Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Philip Lapin, Ekaterina Tsimberis, Mark Biernacki, counsel, Kwan Loh and senior associate, Graham Hood.

Sessions at the Leadership Meeting will address the cutting-edge issues of trademark law, including the latest AI tools available for business, issues relating to the emerging industry of cannabis, Free Trade Zones and Online Counterfeiting, as well as deeper dives into design patent and copyright issues.

The INTA Leadership Meeting brings together committee volunteers and leaders from around the world once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. Participation in the Leadership Meeting is by invite only and exclusive to INTA volunteers who are members of the Board of Directors, past presidents and counsel, committee chairs and vice-chairs, subcommittee chairs, committee members and project team members.

Be sure to connect with our team if you’re in Austin.

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. We are leaders in intellectual property and technology law and have been serving clients for over a century.

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