Smart & Biggar

We are Canada’s leading IP litigation firm, and fiercely enforce and defend our clients’ IP rights to achieve maximum protection, enhance shareholder value and preserve competitive advantage. Our award-winning lawyers possess a rare combination of successful trial and appellate experience combined with deeply sophisticated understanding of technical subject matter and analytical expertise. Delivering results through victories at all levels, in all areas of IP. Intellectual property rights – from patents, industrial designs and trademarks, to trade secrets, confidential information and copyrights – are critical business assets that need to be aggressively protected and enforced. We also represent and defend clients in related matters involving anti-trust and competition laws, including unfair competition. Our clients operate across industries and global markets, and look to us to provide creative, effective and cost-efficient enforcement and litigation strategies tailored to each of their unique situations and needs. For innovative pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, we offer specialized expertise for enforcement of IP rights in Canada through our combined strengths in prosecution, regulatory and litigation.