Steven Tanner

Practice Areas

Steven is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group in Toronto. Focused primarily on contentious patent litigation, he has led some of Canada’s largest and most significant patent infringement actions in the oil & gas, pharmaceutical and telecommunications sectors. He also acts as co-lead of our firm’s Oil and Gas Patent Litigation practice, with a strong track record of successful litigation outcomes.

Over the course of the past three years Steven has been involved in several high-stakes trials in the Federal Court, and several high-stakes appeals at the Federal Court of Appeal, all relating to patent infringement and impeachment actions.

Career

Ontario Bar, 2006

Professional Memberships

OBA, IPIC

Publications

TechLex | McCarthy Tétrault: https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/blogs/techlex

Personal

Steven leads the Abilities Action Group for the Toronto office of McCarthy Tetrault, which promotes awareness and provides support for mental health and accessibility. For many years Steven has been an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching patent law. Steven is frequently asked to speak on patent law topics and regularly serves as a moot Court judge for intellectual property. Steven regularly leads the firm’s teams in support of the Princess Margaret Ride to Conquer Cancer and Campfire Circle (Sporting Life 10k). Recently, Steven’s band competed at the CANFAR Rocks event at the El Mocambo and helped raise money for AIDS research.