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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.

Events

Smart & Biggar presents the Bootstrap Awards for the 4th consecutive year, celebrating Ottawa region entrepreneurs

May 12, 2020

On March 3rd, Smart & Biggar, in partnership with The Ottawa Network (T.O.N.), honoured self-funded, early-stage companies at the 2020 Bootstrap Awards.

The annual awards celebrated the Ottawa region’s start-up movers and shakers and paid tribute to a legacy of self-funded entrepreneurs.

Eight companies who embody the entrepreneur lifestyle in early stage companies were recognized by an audience of over one hundred attendees.

The evening was co-hosted by Ottawa senior associate Jamie-Lynn Kraft.

Congratulations to the following 2020 Bootstrap Award honourees:

Green Award: Backcountry Wok
Innovation Award: Tungsten Collaborative
SAAS Award: Rillea Technologies
Marketing Award: Hit Point Press
Bootstrap Capital Award: Space Strategies Consulting
Disruptor Award: Lightship Security, Inc.
Community Impact Award: Sprig Learning
Founder of the Year: Dr. Ellie Ardakani of Meta Innovation Technologies

Smart & Biggar is Canada’s leading Intellectual Property law firm. We work with international and Canadian companies to develop IP protection strategies that maximize the commercial value of IP and increase return on innovation. In the Ottawa region, Smart & Biggar is committed to supporting emerging technology and innovation, and the work of start-up entrepreneurs and inventors.

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