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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.

Speaking Engagement

Smart & Biggar Calgary Partners participate in PSAC-U webinar "Driving growth in the energy sector through innovation and IP"

February 01, 2021

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, Calgary partners Evan Nuttall and Alistair Simpson will present at “PSAC-U: Driving growth in the energy sector through innovation and IP”, a webinar hosted by The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC).

Evan and Alistair will review the patent landscape in Canada, the legal risks involved in not protecting or respecting IP rights and the commercial benefits that come from having a well-managed IP portfolio and roadmap. Discussion topics include:

Understanding the patent landscape in Canada vs the world
Patents and trade secrets in the oil/gas, energy services sector
When and why you need to file a patent, and other IP considerations
High stakes of IP: litigation and enforcement 101
Understanding legal (infringement) risks involving patent and trade secrets
Defending your patents and enforcing rights beyond Canadian borders

The webinar will also include speakers from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) and BDC Capital, who together with Smart & Biggar, will explore how companies in the energy sector can leverage their investments in R&D and innovation through the strategic use of IP to achieve growth in Canada and abroad. The presentation will be moderated by PSAC Interim President and CEO Elizabeth Aquin.

Event registration is free and available here: https://www.psac.ca/event/psac-u-innovation-and-ip/

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.

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