Intellectual Property
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 2
Contact number
+1 416 216 4000About
Provided by Norton Rose Fulbright
Our experienced Intellectual Property (IP) Team combines excellence in advocacy with a business-minded approach to IP issues. Operating in Canada in both official languages, our accomplished lawyers strive to build the strongest cases possible by gaining a deep understanding of our clients’ interests and objectives and developing creative and cost-effective strategies to achieve superior results. We are practiced in the art of persuasion.
We understand what litigation means to our clients when it is necessary to go that route. Drawing on an in-depth understanding of strategic decision making and risk analysis, our litigators can assist our clients in achieving practical results in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner possible.
Our IP team has a proven track record of success in the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, superior courts, and tribunals across the country. Our creative approach to solving litigious problems across a wide range of intellectual property disputes has enabled us to achieve precedent-setting results that have advanced the law and had a direct positive impact on the value of our clients’ brands and their ability to succeed in business.
Chambers Review
Norton Rose Fulbright is a distinguished international firm with experience housed in its Vancouver and Montréal offices, as well as an IP group in Toronto. The team acts on a broad array of significant regulatory and transactional IP matters, as well as complex disputes relating to patent, copyright and trade mark matters. Sought after for its expertise in the life sciences sector, it has been retained by several pharmaceutical industry leaders for patent regulatory advice, strategy and litigation. The group provides knowledgeable counsel to domestic and international clients in the sports and technology sectors, among others.
Work Highlights
- Norton Rose Fulbright acted as Canadian counsel to Pfizer as plaintiffs in patent impeachment proceedings against Amgen.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The quality of patent drafting services and attention to detail is very high."
"The law firm has a broad team of experts who can assist with a variety of technical subject matters."
"The lawyers are very thorough and they are timely in their responses."
"The team at Norton Rose Fulbright are able to quickly understand and interpret complex innovations and distil them into high-quality patent applications."
"The quality of patent drafting services and attention to detail is very high."
"The law firm has a broad team of experts who can assist with a variety of technical subject matters."
"The lawyers are very thorough and they are timely in their responses."
"The team at Norton Rose Fulbright are able to quickly understand and interpret complex innovations and distil them into high-quality patent applications."
Notable Practitioners
Gunars Gaikis is a highly experienced intellectual property litigator, recognised for his impressive reputation as an expert patent authority, particularly in the area of life sciences. Formerly of Smart & Biggar, he joined Norton Rose Fulbright in March 2023 and is based in Toronto.
"Gunars is well recognised among the Bar."
Brian Daley is an experienced IP litigator, noted for his role in significant pharmaceutical patent lawsuits. He is based on Montréal.
"Brian Daley is well respected."
"He provides sound advice and specialist expertise. He is really good and responsive too, bringing his knowledge and experience."
Ranked Lawyers at
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada