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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.

Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar recognized as ‘IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year’ at the Canadian Law Awards 2022

May 20, 2022

Smart & Biggar is proud to announce that the firm has been recognized as the gold winner of ‘IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year’ award at this year’s Canadian Law Awards 2022. The award was presented at an awards ceremony hosted by the publishers of Lexpert, Canadian Lawyer and Canadian Lawyer InHouse magazines at the Arcadian Lofts in Toronto on May 19, 2022.

This honour follows Smart & Biggar’s recognition as an Excellence Awardee on the shortlist for ‘IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year’, and our inclusion earlier this year in Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s list of ‘Top IP Boutiques’ in Canada. The firm is honoured to receive these accolades, in reflection of the high quality of IP advice and counsel we provide to our clients and our continued record of success on their behalf.

“IP is a complex and evolving field of law, that requires dedicated focus, a keen intellect, and technical expertise to unpack and unwind complexity; it also demands a passion for enabling your clients to succeed and realize growth from innovations, while fiercely defending and protecting valuable IP rights,” said Matthew Zischka, Firm Managing Partner. “We thank our clients for their ongoing trust and confidence in us, and our peers in the IP community for challenging us to ‘raise the bar’ and strengthen the legal landscape for IP owners in Canada.”

The Canadian Law Awards celebrates leading law firms, in-house legal teams, individuals and landmark deals from the past year. Nominees for this category were selected based on the quantity, quality, importance and innovation of their legal work performed during 2021.

The full list of award winners is available to view online.

About Smart & Biggar

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montréal, 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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Smart & Biggar recognized as ‘IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year’ at the Canadian Law Awards 2022