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.

Firm News

Smart & Biggar welcomes two new associates to our patents group

March 09, 2022

Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that Hyun Woo Choi and Malcolm Harvey have joined the firm as new associates and will work alongside our expert patent lawyers and agents to assist our clients in protecting their innovations.

Hyun Woo Choi - Associate, Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver and Ottawa

Hyun joins Smart & Biggar with a practice focused on patent drafting and prosecution in a wide range of technical fields including communications, electronics, computer software and mechanical devices. He will work alongside our teams in the Ottawa and Vancouver offices.

Hyun draws on his technical expertise and experience working as a software engineer to understand his client’s needs and business objectives. Hyun conducts patent counselling, opinions and advice in a multitude of legal matters in IP law.

Malcolm Harvey - Associate, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto

Malcolm joins the firm after articling with Smart & Biggar in 2019-2020. He was also a summer student in our Toronto office in 2018. Following his academic and professional achievements, Malcolm brings strategic and innovative problem-solving to his IP litigation practice. He offers a clear and accurate assessment while outlining applicable options to achieve client objectives. Malcolm is a diligent patent lawyer, who draws on his invaluable biotechnical expertise.

We are proud to welcome Hyun and Malcolm to the firm’s growing patent group and wish them every success in their careers here at Smart & Biggar.

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.

Related Person

Hyun Woo Choi
Senior Associate
- Smart & Biggar LP
- T:236.326.4681
- hchoi@smartbiggar.ca
- Vancouver
- Ottawa