People

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 the leading IP firm among ‘Canada’s Best Law Firms’ for 2024

November 15, 2023

Smart & Biggar is proud to be featured once again among ‘Canada’s Best Law Firms’ for 2024 by The Globe and Mail, and for the added distinction of being recognized as the leading Canadian IP firm (most recommended) out of 25 law firms recognized for this practice area.

We are thrilled to achieve this national recognition, reflecting our leadership in IP law and our strong reputation among peers and clients as a firm that provides the highest standard of service and counsel for IP.

This is the third year the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine has partnered with Statista to determine which law firms in Canada “are held in the highest esteem by their colleagues.” This list is generated from feedback gathered from more than 10,000 lawyers and clients and features the 200 ‘most recommended’ law firms nationwide, across 31 practice areas.

The complete list of Canada’s Best Law Firms 2024 is live and available to view now on the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine.

About Smart & Biggar

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading intellectual property firm, with offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. We are leaders in intellectual property and have been serving clients for over a century. Smart & Biggar operates as part of the IPH Limited group, under its own brand and independent from other IPH member firms.

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Smart & Biggar recognized as the leading IP firm among ‘Canada’s Best Law Firms’ for 2024