Norman Cameron has joined forces with Canada’s leading team for intellectual property and his clients will now benefit from the unrivaled experience of Canada’s leading IP firm – Smart & Biggar.
Together, Norman Cameron and the team at Smart & Biggar offer Canadian and international companies leading IP expertise and legal counsel to help them protect, enforce, and create growth with IP.
Canada’s leader for intellectual property law
Smart & Biggar offers clients the deepest level of IP expertise with a team of more than 100 lawyers, agents and technical specialists practicing in patents, designs, copyrights and trademarks. We are also the leader in Canada for IP litigation and enforcement, with an unmatched track record of trial victories at all levels of court resulting in impressive financial returns for our clients.
Helping companies leverage the value of IP
We help companies leverage the value of IP and innovation through a complete range of IP procurement services and strategic IP counsel and advice. From drafting and filing patent applications for new technologies for manufacturers, to advising on IP portfolio strategy and infringement issues across industries.
We also advise on trademark filing and applications, provide strategic counsel on enforcement, and related guidance on marketing and advertising. For early stage and fast growth companies we also advise on IP strategy, licensing and due diligence in M&A transactions, representing both investors and founders.
Featured Insights
-
Every day, consumers rely on trademarks to identify and select goods and services from businesses that they know and trust. Over time, trademarks come to represent not only the goods and services of a...Read More
-
Can you patent your AI? New guidance in Canada and the US for software and AI inventors
Corporate investment in AI continues to accelerate globally and patent filings for AI-related inventions are rising across every major jurisdiction. The threshold question, “Is this invention eligible...Read More -
Recording corporate changes with trademark offices: why it matters and what you need to know
Corporate reorganizations and transactions frequently result in changes to trademark ownership. However, the need to formally record those changes with trademark offices is often overlooked. What may ...Read More -
All about CIPO’s 2026 updated guidelines and examples on patentable subject matter
On 25 March 2026, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued further guidance on the Patent Office’s understanding of patentable subject matter in relation to computer-implemented inventi...Read More
Firm News
-
Janice Bereskin and Tamara Céline Winegust discuss a key trademark ruling in Canada for the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
Principals Janice Bereskin and Tamara Céline Winegust recently wrote a feature for the March 2026 edition of Spotlight from the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group, exploring the implications of the rece...Read More -
Principals Noel Courage and Ainslie Parsons explore strategies for protecting new plant varieties across key markets
Principals Ainslie Parsons and Noel Courage, along with expert international coauthors, recently contributed to an article in The Patent Lawyer Magazine examining how plant breeders and biotechs can p...Read More -
Reshika Dhir examines Canadian IP retention in TheFutureEconomy.ca
Principal Reshika Dhir recently wrote a piece featured in TheFutureEconomy.ca exploring a growing challenge in Canada’s innovation economy: the quiet migration of valuable intellectual property to ot...Read More -
Benchmark Litigation Canada 2026 guide recognizes Smart & Biggar’s leading IP litigation team
Smart & Biggar is proud to share that members of the firm’s IP Litigation team have been named among Canada’s top intellectual property litigators in the 2026 edition of the Benchmark Litigation C...Read More
Leverage the Value of Your IP
