About
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 represented AstraZeneca and FibroGen in a patent impeachment action brought by Akebia Therapeutics over a treatment for anaemia and ischaemia.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Norton Rose has a big team with a wide range of technological backgrounds and experience in all areas of IP law."
"I think it is critical that external counsel understand the client's business, their values and strategies, and that the advice reflects all of that. Norton Rose does that."
"The firm offers business-focused advice, not just covering legal requirements but taking into account business considerations."
"Norton Rose has a big team with a wide range of technological backgrounds and experience in all areas of IP law."
"I think it is critical that external counsel understand the client's business, their values and strategies, and that the advice reflects all of that. Norton Rose does that."
"The firm offers business-focused advice, not just covering legal requirements but taking into account business considerations."
Notable Practitioners
Brian Daley is an experienced IP litigator, noted for his role in significant pharmaceutical patent lawsuits. He is based on Montréal.
Vancouver-based Christopher Wilson has extensive experience representing clients in litigating trade mark and copyright infringement claims. Of late, he has played a prominent role in several novel cases alleging piracy, conspiracy and IP theft.
"He is one of my favourite lawyers to work with: he knows the law really well, understands its nuances and has a lot of courtroom experience."
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