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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.

Media Mention

Trademark protection for online content creators: Jamie-Lynn Kraft in CBC News

August 29, 2024

In a recent interview with CBC News, Principal Jamie-Lynn Kraft speaks about the importance of formal trademark protection for online content creators in today’s digital age.

She explains how securing trademarks can protect unique brand identities, offering enhanced legal protection and greater control over brand integrity. She also advises on the optimal timing for filing a trademark application. “If you are finding that you are using a trademark, and people are coming to know you because of your trademark or your trademark phrase, file that application”, says Jame-Lynn.

Her expert insights make it clear that securing a trademark early is essential for maintaining ownership over creative assets and establishing a solid foundation for online presence.

Watch the full video interview on CBC News.

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Jamie-Lynn Kraft
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Principal
- Smart & Biggar LP
- T:613.232.2590
- jkraft@smartbiggar.ca
- Ottawa

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