Edward Fan
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Intellectual Property
Band 3
About
Provided by Edward Fan
Practice Areas
A leading intellectual property lawyer with pragmatic perspective, Edward helps companies acquire, enforce and fully exploit their intellectual property assets across industries.
Edward is the practice group coordinator for the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. In addition to advising on issues relating to patent procurement and portfolio management, Edward is also involved in negotiating and crafting intellectual property, technology transfer, software and other technology-related licenses and agreements.
Edward is a registered patent agent in Canada and the United States and a trademark agent in Canada.
Chambers Review
Global
Edward Fan is an accomplished patent and trade mark expert with proficiency in strategy, protection and the acquisition of intellectual property.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ed is outstanding to work with. He is a knowledgeable, practical and extremely hard-working adviser. He also has a gift for explaining nuanced legal issues in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. He is also very pleasant and positive to deal with."
"Edward Fan is an outstanding patent lawyer with keen commercial awareness and a deep knowledge of domestic and international patent prosecution."
"Ed is outstanding to work with. He is a knowledgeable, practical and extremely hard-working adviser. He also has a gift for explaining nuanced legal issues in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. He is also very pleasant and positive to deal with."
"Edward Fan is an outstanding patent lawyer with keen commercial awareness and a deep knowledge of domestic and international patent prosecution."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Torys LLP
Torys Video: IP divisional patent application
What is a divisional patent application? Should inventors be engaged in the application process? In this video, our IP litigators discuss these questions, including how such an application arises when a patent application discloses more than one invention and how to avoid double patenting issues.
Torys Video: The latest developments in life sciences IP litigation
High-impact developments to IP litigation have affected life sciences companies this year. In our latest video, our team explores innovation and business models going forward, including the impact of file wrapper estoppel being encoded into the Patent Act and a major Federal ruling on patent claims.
Torys Video: IP divisional patent application
What is a divisional patent application? Should inventors be engaged in the application process? In this video, our IP litigators discuss these questions, including how such an application arises when a patent application discloses more than one invention and how to avoid double patenting issues.
Torys Video: The latest developments in life sciences IP litigation
High-impact developments to IP litigation have affected life sciences companies this year. In our latest video, our team explores innovation and business models going forward, including the impact of file wrapper estoppel being encoded into the Patent Act and a major Federal ruling on patent claims.
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