J Bradley White

Practice Areas

A partner and Chair of Osler’s National Intellectual Property Department, Brad heads the Firm’s patent litigation and patent/design prosecution practices. Brad has significant expertise in complex patent litigation, including pharmaceutical proceedings under PM(NOC) Regulations. He provides strategic advice on the enforcement of patent rights and coordination and management of litigation strategies throughout multiple jurisdictions.

Brad has appeared as lead counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court, Ontario Superior Court and as worldwide coordinating litigation and IP counsel before the US International Trade Commission. A Registered Patent Agent, Brad specialises in Canadian and foreign patent and industrial design prosecution, strategic IP portfolio reviews, patentability, patent infringement and validity opinions, worldwide patent portfolio management and enforcement advice. He is registered to practise before the USPTO and is a past associate editor of the Canadian Patent Reporter.

Osler’s IP Group was recently recognized as Patent Firm of the Year at the Global IP Awards. Brad personally has been recognized in multiple major legal guides, including most recently honoured as the 2022 Patent Practitioner of the Year (Canada) by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP). Brad’s other recognition includes Chambers Canada: Intellectual Property: Litigation - Band 1, Chambers Global: Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Intellectual Property; Biotechnology; Litigation – Intellectual Property, Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Canada: Intellectual Property Law, Lexpert Special Edition - Litigation: Recognized as a Leader, Who’s Who Legal: Life Sciences - Patent Litigation and Patents (Global Leader); Life Sciences and Patents (National Leader), Thomson Reuters: Stand-out Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation Canada: Intellectual Property; Dispute Resolution (Litigation Star), Intellectual Asset Magazine (IAM) Patent 1000: Recognized as a Global Leader; One of the World’s Leading Patent Litigators and Prosecutors; Intellectual Asset Magazine (IAM) Strategy 300 Global Leaders: One of the World’s Leading IP Strategists, Managing IP: Patent Star, Legal 500: Leading Lawyer, Intellectual Property and LMG Life Sciences: Leading Lawyer (Intellectual Property); World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR): Global Leader (2023).

Career

University of Windsor, LL.B.

University of Waterloo, M.Sc.

University of Western Ontario, B.Sc.

Bar Admission: Ontario, 1998

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

American Intellectual Property Law Association

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Canadian Bar Association