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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 shortlisted for eight North America awards by Managing Intellectual Property

February 08, 2017

Smart & Biggar announced today that the firm has been shortlisted for eight awards at Managing Intellectual Property’s 2017 North America Awards, to be held in Washington, DC on March 23, 2017:

Canadian Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year
Canadian Patent Contentious Firm of the Year
Canadian Trade Mark Prosecution Firm of the Year
Canadian Trade Mark Contentious Firm of the Year
Canadian Copyright Firm of the Year
Canadian Specialty IP Firm of the Year

Two of our partners, Steven Garland and François Guay were also nominated for individual awards:

Steven Garland for Outstanding Canadian IP Practitioner
François Guay for Outstanding Canadian IP Practitioner

Smart & Biggar is recognised as Canada’s largest and leading firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary.

Related People

Steven Garland
Partner
- Smart & Biggar LLP
Barrister and Solicitor
- Patent and Trademark Agent
- T:613.232.2558
- sbgarland@smartbiggar.ca
- Ottawa
- Calgary
François Guay
Partner
- Smart & Biggar LLP
Barrister and Solicitor
- Trademark Agent
- T:514.954.3531
- fguay@smartbiggar.ca
- Montréal

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