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

Smart & Biggar leads the Canadian patent rankings with 31 lawyers and agents listed in IAM Patent 1000 2024

June 05, 2024

Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce our continued standing as a Gold Tier firm in Canada for Patent Prosecution, Litigation and Transactions in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals Guide 2024.

31 of our patent lawyers and agents are featured in the guide across patent litigation, prosecution and transactions, more than any firm, as recommended individuals leading the field for patents in Canada.

Patent Litigation

Daniel Davies
Jean-Sébastien Dupont
Ryan Evans
Steven Garland
François Guay
Sheldon Hamilton
Yoon Kang
Evan Nuttall
Nancy Pei
Jeremy Want
Urszula Wojtyra

Patent Prosecution

Charles Boulakia
Ken Bousfield
Allan Brett
Lionel Fishman
John Knox
Daphne Lainson
Jeff Leuschner
Lei Liu
Brigide Mattar
James Pan
Mark Pidkowich
Patrick Roszell
David Schwartz
Elliott Simcoe
Alistair Simpson
Oliver Stone
Mattew Zischka

Patent Transactions

Lei Liu
Alistair Simpson
Martin Tremblay
Theodore Sum
Sanro Zlobec

View the full list of the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 rankings for Canada.

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Rankings & Recognition

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Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar named Tier 1 firm for Intellectual Property in The Legal 500 Canada

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