Andrew M Shaughnessy

Andy is known for a creative, business-savvy approach, bringing deep scientific fluency and sophisticated litigation strategy to clients in their complex intellectual property disputes.

Andy’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution, representing a wide variety of clients in complex patent and trademark infringement and related litigation. With a focus on life sciences, Andy has decades of experience protecting the IP rights of clients in the industry and has deep knowledge and perspective on pharmaceutical patents.

He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal for Ontario, as well as specialized tribunals such as the Trademarks Opposition Board and the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board.

Andy is very active in the legal community and is a well-known speaker, teacher and author in Canada.