Smart & Biggar maintains gold tier firm ranking in WTR 1000 2026, with 24 trademark professionals recognized
Congratulations to our 24 trademark practitioners on their inclusion in the 2026 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.
Smart & Biggar has held a gold tier ranking firmwide since 2011 and, this year, earned a gold tier ranking in enforcement and litigation and a silver tier ranking in anti-counterfeiting. Our ongoing recognition in the guide reinforces our outstanding reputation in intellectual property law.
WTR 1000 profiles excellence in trademarks across different categories, including Enforcement and Litigation, Prosecution and Strategy, Anti-Counterfeiting and Transactions.
Congratulations to our practitioners who are recognized for their notable contributions:
Anti-Counterfeiting
- Mark Biernacki (Silver)
- Mark Evans (Silver)
- Graham Hood (Gold)
Enforcement and Litigation
- Daniel Anthony (Silver)
- Mark Biernacki (Gold)
- Jean-Sébastien Dupont (Gold)
- Mark Evans (Gold)
- François Guay (Gold)
- Graham Hood (Silver)
- Mark L. Robbins (Silver)
Prosecution and Strategy
- Daniel Anthony (Silver)
- Janice M. Bereskin (Silver)
- Mark Biernacki (Silver)
- Christian Bolduc (Gold)
- Jonathan Burkinshaw (Bronze)
- Brigitte Chan (Silver)
- Wynnie Chan (Bronze)
- Meghan Dillon (Silver)
- Mark Evans (Gold)
- Elliott Gold (Bronze)
- Graham Hood (Bronze)
- Jamie-Lynn Kraft (Bronze)
- Philip Lapin (Gold)
- François Larose (Silver)
- Kwan T. Loh (Silver)
- Daphne L. Maravei (Bronze)
- Kohji Suzuki (Gold)
Transactions
- Christian Bolduc (Highly Recommended)
- Alfred A. Macchione (Highly Recommended)
Luminaries
- Daniel R. Bereskin (Recommended)
Next Generation
- William Audet (Recommended)
- Nora Labbancz (Recommended)
The full 2026 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 is available to view online.
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