Trademark Oppositions & Cancellation Proceedings

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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 100 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property, and with over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents in five offices, we are also Canada’s largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

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12 leading trademark practitioners
2021 & 2024

World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
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13 leading trademark practitioners
2023

World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
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Four partners named as Global Leaders
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World Trademark Review
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14 leading trademark practitioners
2022

World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
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Five partners named as Global Leaders
2021

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Two Top Lawyers
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Expert Guides: Best of the Best
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11 leading trademark practitioners
2020

World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
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19 leading IP experts
2019

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Related Publications & Articles

Yes, CIPO really will be writing to your client instead of to you

Authored byJamie-Lynn Kraft
December 06, 2019
If you filed a Madrid application on behalf of your client, and designated Canada, you should have received a “Courtesy Letter” from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).
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A long and winding road: Canada nears the end of an ambitious project to modernize patent, trademark and industrial design laws

Authored byChristine Genge and Y. Artemis Lai
August 09, 2019
On July 30, 2019, Canada acceded to the Patent Law Treaty. This accession marks the near completion of a long and ambitious journey by Canada to modernize its patent, trademark and industrial design l...
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Where is my CIPO mail? What to know about Canadian correspondence for Madrid Applications

Authored byJamie-Lynn Kraft
January 08, 2018
A little over a month has passed since Canada acceded to the Madrid Protocol. The moment was historic, with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) being the first office to allow trademark a...
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Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar partners hailed as “highly experienced,” “highly respected”, “skilled” and “one of the strongest trademarks experts” by Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2020

Christian Bolduc, Philip Lapin and Mark Evans
August 06, 2020
Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that three partners are listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2020 guide as being among the world’s leading lawyers in trademarks.
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Rankings & Recognition

Mark Evans named Canada’s “Outstanding Practitioner of the Year: Trademarks” by Managing Intellectual Property

Mark Evans
March 30, 2020
Smart & Biggar is proud to announce Mark Evans, Toronto managing partner, was named Canada’s “Outstanding Practitioner of the Year: Trademarks” by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) as part of t...
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Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar, “the leading IP boutique in the trademarks space,” ranks as Gold Tier for Canadian trademarks in WTR 1000

Mark Biernacki, Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Steven Garland, François Guay, Philip Lapin, Kwan T. Loh and Kohji Suzuki
February 13, 2020
Smart & Biggar comes out on top with a ‘gold tier’ ranking for Canadian trademarks in the 2020 World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000) – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.
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Rankings & Recognition

14 Smart & Biggar practitioners recognized in the 2020 edition of WIPR Leaders

Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Steven Garland, Sheldon Hamilton, François Guay, Daphne Lainson, Philip Lapin, Mark Pidkowich, Kohji Suzuki and Jeremy Want
February 12, 2020
Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that fourteen of the firm’s lawyers and agents have been recognized in the 2020 World IP Review (WIPR) Leaders, a comprehensive guide to the top intellectual pro...
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Firm News

Smart & Biggar shortlisted for seven North America awards by Managing Intellectual Property

Mark Evans and Steven Garland
February 07, 2020
Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that the firm has been shortlisted for an impressive and industry-leading seven Canadian IP awards at Managing Intellectual Property’s 2020 North America Awards.
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Rankings & Recognition

Smart & Biggar makes a strong showing with 17 practitioners listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2019

Alice Tseng, Steven Garland, Sheldon Hamilton, Nancy Pei, François Guay, John Knox, Daphne Lainson, David Schwartz, Matthew Zischka, Yoon Kang, Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Philip Lapin and Oliver Stone
February 03, 2020
Who’s Who Legal: Canada recently published their 2019 guide, naming 17 Smart & Biggar lawyers and agents among Canada’s leading experts in Patents, Patent Agency, Trademarks, and Life Sciences.
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Events

Smart & Biggar lawyers visit Austin to attend the INTA Leadership Meeting

Christian Bolduc, Mark Evans, Philip Lapin, Mark Biernacki, Kwan T. Loh and Graham Hood
November 18, 2019
Trademark lawyers from around the world will gather in Austin, Texas for the International Trademark Association (INTA) Leadership Meeting from November 19-22, 2019.
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Speaking Engagement

Smart & Biggar team members gather for and speak at the IPIC Annual Conference

Daniel Davies and Stéphanie Girard
September 24, 2019
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) will host its 93rd Annual Conference in Ottawa from September 25-27th, 2019.
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