Experienced IP litigator providing practical, outcome-driven guidance
Adam works with clients facing IP disputes to identify the key legal and commercial issues in play and the client’s goals. He assists his clients in deciding upon a suitable litigation strategy and implements that strategy to achieve the client’s goals and objectives.
Decades of success in resolving contentious IP matters
Adam has in-depth experience litigating patents, trademarks, copyrights and industrial design cases before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. He has helped clients resolve hundreds of contentious IP matters by settlement or a successful decision on the merits. He is also a registered trademark agent and practices before the Trademarks Opposition Board.
With a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and over 30 years of experience as a litigator, he leverages his technical training and legal expertise to effectively resolve complex patent disputes, across a broad range of industries, including herbicides, oil field equipment, plastics, consumer products, construction machinery and agricultural equipment.
Adam is a frequent speaker at IP conferences on topics related to patent litigation. He serves as an ongoing organizing committee member for Fox Moot.
Respected for his work, Adam has been recognized by Lexology Index: Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Lexpert Special Edition: Health Sciences.
Qualifications
- News
- Speaking
- Industry Involvement
- Mock Trial for the Queen’s Commerce Law Group, judge, Queen's University, February 28, 2025
- "Overbreadth and obviousness double patenting", the 13th Annual U of T Patent Colloquium, University of Toronto, November 1, 2024
- 13th Annual Fox IP Moot, February 19-20, 2021
- Summary Judgement and Summary Trial in Patent Cases, November 20, 2020
- 12th Annual Fox IP Moot, February 21-22, 2020
- 2019 ABA-IPL Annual Meeting and 34th Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 10-12, 2019
- Foreign Affairs: Obtaining Discovery and Evidence in Foreign Proceedings, January 8, 2019
- Seventh Annual Patent Colloquium, November 9, 2018
Memberships
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Advocates' Society (ADVS)
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
- Law Society of Ontario (LSO)
