Four Smart & Biggar lawyers join AIPPI World Congress in London

Smart & Biggar partners, Steven Garland, Sheldon Hamilton and Matthew Zischka, and Senior Associate, Lionel Fishman, travel to London this weekend to participate in the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) annual World Congress, from September 15-18, 2019.

In addition to each being an active member of AIPPI, Steven is Past President of the Canadian Group, Chairman of the Q199 Attorney-Client Privilege Committee and Member of the Programme Committee, while Matthew is an Executive Council Member of AIPPI Canada and Sheldon is a member of the Q221 Amicus Brief Committee.

The AIPPI World Congress attracts over 2,000 members from around the globe. Recent meeting venues include Cancun, Sydney, Milan, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto and Seoul.

The Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellec (AIPPI), also known as the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, is the world’s leading International Organization dedicated to the development and improvement of laws for the protection of intellectual property. It is a politically neutral, non-profit organization, based in Switzerland with over 9,000 Members representing more than 125 countries.

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.