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.

Bereskin & Parr joins Smart & Biggar

Bereskin & Parr has joined Smart & Biggar, Canada's leading team for intellectual property, and now operates as Smart & Biggar.

We are pleased to welcome the team from Bereskin & Parr to Smart & Biggar. Together, we will offer leading IP expertise and legal counsel to Canadian and international companies, helping them protect, enforce, and create growth with IP.

Canada’s leader for intellectual property law

Very little will change for Bereskin & Parr's clients as a result of this process. We will continue to work with you as we always have, but as a combined firm you will now have access to an expanded team of IP experts in Canada, with a greater depth of experience across a range of IP issues.

Helping clients leverage the value of IP

Smart & Biggar has in common with Bereskin & Parr a rich heritage and history of providing the highest-quality IP services, and we remain focused on providing you with high-quality IP services that you know and expect.

Clients of Smart & Biggar benefit from access to the largest team of IP experts in Canada, with unmatched breadth and depth of experience across a range of IP issues. Our leading team of IP practitioners has access to leading technology and support from our experienced team of IP administrators.

Featured People

Smart & Biggar’s team of highly skilled IP experts is now strengthened by the addition of the following team members, joining us from Bereskin & Parr.

View the rest of the Bereskin & Parr Team