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 tops the list with 27 lawyers and agents hailed as WIPR Leaders 2022

July 06, 2022

Smart & Biggar is proud to announce that 27 lawyers and agents have been recognized in the 2022 edition of the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Leader’s guide, more than any other firm in Canada.

Our firm’s record showing 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 all of our practitioners on achieving this esteemed recognition in their respective areas of IP practice:

Patent Leaders

Gunars Gaikis
Christine Genge
Sheldon Hamilton
Yoon Kang
Daphne Lainson
Nancy Pei
Mark Pidkowich
David Schwartz
Alistair Simpson
Theodore Sum
Matthew Zischka

Trademark Leaders

Mark Biernacki
Christian Bolduc
Tierney Deluzio
Mark Evans
Graham Hood
Philip Lapin
Kohji Suzuki
Ekaterina Tsimberis

Patent and Trademark Leaders

Daniel Davies
Jean-Sébastien Dupont
Steven Garland
Sanjay Goorachurn
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 1,700 lawyers across patent, 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 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.