MIP IP Stars 2025 names Smart & Biggar Tier 1 firm, recognizes 21 practitioners as IP Stars
Smart & Biggar is pleased to be recognized as a Tier 1 firm for both Trademark Prosecution and Trademark Disputes in the 2025 edition of Managing IP (MIP) IP STARS. This edition names 21 practitioners IP Stars, highlighting their leadership in the field of intellectual property.
Congratulations to the following individuals on this year’s outstanding achievements:
Top 250 Women in IP
- Daphne Lainson
Trademark Stars
- Daniel Bereskin
- Janice M. Bereskin
- Mark Biernacki
- Christian Bolduc
- Brigitte Chan
- Mark Evans
- François Guay
- Philip Lapin
- François Larose
- Mark L. Robbins
- Elliott Simcoe
- Kohji Suzuki
Patent Stars
- Micheline Gravelle
- Sheldon Hamilton
- Yoon Kang
- Daphne Lainson
- Nancy Pei
- Bhupinder Randhawa
- David Schwartz
- Elliott Simcoe
- Jeremy Want
- Matthew Zischka
This high praise follows the firm’s wins at the MIP North America Awards 2025, where we received Canadian Firm of the Year awards for Patent Prosecution and Copyright. The firm also received the Impact Case of the Year award for our work in Tekna Plasma Systems Inc v AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc (2024 FC 871). Additionally, Principal Christian Bolduc was named Canadian Practitioner of the Year (Trademark Prosecution), and Principal Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie was named Practitioner of the Year (Copyright).
The full MIP IP Stars review of Smart & Biggar is available online.