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 180 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 180 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents in six offices, we are also Canada’s largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar stands out with 36 lawyers and agents named WIPR Leaders 2023

August 01, 2023

Smart & Biggar is proud to announce that 36 lawyers and agents have been recognized in the 2023 edition of the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Leader’s guide.

Our firm’s standout inclusion in the WIPR Leader’s guide, comprised of the top intellectual property lawyers in the areas of patents and trademarks across the globe, affirms Smart & Biggar’s position as IP leaders in the Canadian market.
Congratulations to each of our practitioners for this exceptional recognition in their respective areas of IP practice:

Patent Leaders

Andrea Berenbaum
Allan Brett
Lionel Fishman
Christine Genge
Jonas Gifford
Sheldon Hamilton
Yoon Kang
Daphne Lainson
James Pan
Nancy Pei
Mark Pidkowich
Patrick Roszell
David Schwartz
Elliott Simcoe
Alistair Simpson
Theodore Sum
Tim Webb
Urszula Wojtyra
Matthew Zischka

Trademark Leaders

Mark Biernacki
Christian Bolduc
Tierney GB Deluzio
Mark Evans
Graham Hood
Jamie-Lynn Kraft
Philip Lapin
Kwan T. Loh
Kohji Suzuki

Patent and Trademark Leaders

Daniel Davies
Jean-Sébastien Dupont
Ryan T. Evans
Steven Garland
François Guay
Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie
Evan Nuttall
Jeremy Want

WIPR Leader is a well-known guide for the leading IP practitioners in the world, and lists over 2,500 lawyers across patents, trademark, and copyright practices. WIPR researchers consider practice history, industry expertise and notable cases, as well as additional activities, such as writing and teaching responsibilities, when selecting nominees. All leaders profiled have been vetted for their expertise in their domain.

WIPR Leader’s full review of Smart & Biggar is available to view online now.

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.