Gunars Gaikis

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Gunars Gaikis is an intellectual property lawyer based in Toronto. He is one of Canada's most experienced life sciences intellectual property litigators, with more than 30 years of experience in the highly technical field of pharmaceutical patent, trademark and related litigation. He has appeared as lead counsel in numerous intellectual property cases before the Ontario and federal courts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.

He has been described as "one of the best patent litigators since the industry began," an "IP Star" and a "Life Science Star." Researchers comment on Gunars, who "maintains a stellar reputation in the market with sources keen to highlight some recent big victories, including in the Supreme Court of Canada." In addition to being named a Thought Leader, Gunars is hailed as "a dean of the field who continues to receive much applause from respondents" for his "excellent work on pharmaceutical patent litigation."