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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 180 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property, and with over 180 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents in six offices, we are also Canada’s largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

Rx IP - Regulatory

Bill C-97 receives Royal Assent, Advanced Therapeutic Products Consultation opened

Authored byKatie Lee

July 30, 2019

On June 21, 2019, Bill C-97 received Royal Assent. Bill C-97 includes amendments to the Food and Drugs Act, including a new framework for “Advanced Therapeutic Products”, and will come into force on a day to be fixed. On July 18, 2019, Health Canada opened a consultation seeking feedback on what Health Canada should consider in developing new clinical trial regulations, as well as implementing the pathway for Advanced Therapeutic Products. The consultation will close on August 30, 2019.

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Health Canada proposes to amend the Food and Drug Regulations and Medical Devices Regulations to address shortages
January 28, 2025
On December 28, 2024, Health Canada published proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations and Medical Devices Regulations to address therapeutic product shortages (see our previous article re...
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Canadian Patent Office resumes granting of patents and is temporarily publishing list of pre-grant patents

Authored byCharles Boulakia
February 25, 2025
The Canadian Patent Office has advised that as of January 14, 2025, it had granted patents for which final fees were processed in the old system.
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Health Canada publishes guidance on submitting risk management plans

Authored byKatherine (Katie) Graham
March 24, 2025
The agile licensing amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations include provisions requiring risk management plans for certain human drugs (RMP provisions). Those amendments will come into force on Ap...
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