MIP IP Stars 2024 recognizes Smart & Biggar as Tier 1 firm, names 16 principals IP Stars
Smart & Biggar is ranked Tier 1 for both Trademark Prosecution and Trademark Disputes by Managing IP (MIP) in IP STARS 2024 and 16 principals are named IP Stars.
Congratulations to our practitioners on this year’s achievements:
Top 250 Women in IP
Daphne Lainson
Patent Stars
- Allan Brett
- Steven Garland
- Sheldon Hamilton
- Yoon Kang
- Daphne Lainson
- Nancy Pei
- David Schwartz
- Elliott Simcoe
- Jeremy Want
- Matthew Zischka
Trademark Stars
- Mark Biernacki
- Christian Bolduc
- Mark Evans
- Steven Garland
- François Guay
- Philip Lapin
- Elliott Simcoe
- Kohji Suzuki
This high praise follows the firm’s success at the MIP North America Awards 2024, where we received Canadian Firm of the Year awards for Patent Prosecution and Trademark Disputes in addition to being named IP Boutique Firm of the Year - Canada. Principal Jean-Sébastien Dupont was named Canadian Practitioner of the Year (Copyright).
The full MIP IP Stars review of Smart & Biggar is available online.
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