PATENT LEADERS
CANADA
Name: Christopher M Aide Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Jonathan Auerbach Position: Partner Law firm: Stikeman Elliott
Name: Mat Brechtel Position: Founding Partner Law firm: Seastone IP LLP
Name: Andrew Brodkin Position: Partner Law firm: Goodmans LLP
Name: Sheldon Burshtein Position: Senior Counsel Law firm: Blake Cassels & Graydon
Name: Jane Caskey Position: Global Head of Risk Advisory Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Name: Isi Caulder Position: Partner Law firm: Bereskin & Parr
Name: Anthony Creber Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Daniel Davies
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Julie Desrosiers
Position: Partner
Law firm: Fasken
Name: Ronald Dimock Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Elizabeth Dipchand Position: Partner Law firm: Dipchand LLP
Name: Jean-Sébastien Dupont
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Shahrzad Esmaili Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG
Name: Peter Everitt Position: Partner - Intellectual Property Law Lawyer / Patent and Trademark Agent Law firm: Ridout & Maybee
Name: Margaret Fitzpatrick Position: Partner / Trademark Agent Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Eduardo Fonseca Position: Partner Law firm: Moffat & Co
Name: Gunars Gaikis Position: Of Counsel Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Steven Garland Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Christine Genge
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Natalie Giroux Position: President / Présidente, Stratford Intellectual Property Law firm: Stratford Intellectual Property
Name: Leonard Glickman Position: Partner Law firm: Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Name: Sanjay Goorachurn Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Brian Gray Position: Barrister / Solicitor Law firm: Brian Gray Law
Name: Francois M Grenier Position: Partner Law firm: Robic
Name: Francois Guay Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Ben Hackett Position: Partner Law firm: Goodmans LLP
Name: Sheldon Hamilton Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Yoon Kang
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Steve Kennedy Position: Partner Law firm: Cassels
Name: Patrick Kierans Position: Senior Partner Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Name: Selena Kim Position: Lawyer & Patent Agent Law firm: Gowling WLG
Name: Brian Kingwell Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Daniel R Bereskin
Position: Partner
Law firm: Bereskin & Parr LLP
Phone: +1 416 957 1673
Email: dbereskin@bereskinparr.com
Website: www.bereskinparr.com
Daniel R. Bereskin is a founding partner of Bereskin & Parr LLP. He provides strategic planning and business advice relating to all aspects of intellectual property law. Bereskin is renowned throughout the intellectual property field in Canada and abroad and is responsible for managing the trademark portfolios of major multinational clients. Bereskin has served as legal counsel to the International Trademark Association (INTA), and as a member of the INTA Board of Directors. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions throughout his illustrious career.
Micheline Gravelle
Position: Partner
Law firm: Bereskin & Parr LLP
Phone: +1 914 821 9070
Email: mgravelle@bereskinparr.com
Website: www.bereskinparr.com
Micheline Gravelle is a partner with Bereskin & Parr LLP. She is also the leader of the life sciences and co-leader of the cannabis practice group. Gravelle’s practice focuses on assessing new technologies, preparing, and prosecuting patent applications worldwide, and conducting due diligence analysis on patent portfolios.
She has experience in the chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology fields, and has worked in the industry for multinational companies, government agencies and in a hospital laboratory. Gravelle stays at the forefront of the life sciences industry. She contributes to various publications and is a speaker on the issues that affect IP in the industry.
Denis Keseris
Position: Partner
Law firm: Bereskin & Parr LLP
Phone: +1 514 871 2937
Email: dkeseris@bereskinparr.com
Website: www.bereskinparr.com
Denis V. Keseris is a partner with Bereskin & Parr LLP, and a member of the electrical and computer technology practice group. His practice covers all aspects of patents, particularly strategic patent procurement in the field of cleantech, artificial intelligence, fintech, telecommunications and medical devices. Keseris has over 15 years of IP experience in the UK, France and Canada.
He helps clients develop and manage commercially useful patent portfolios and advises on contentious matters and the commercialisation of medical devices and computer-implemented inventions.
Robert MacFarlane
Position: Counsel
Law firm: Bereskin & Parr LLP
Phone: +1 416 957 1616
Email: rmacfarlane@bereskinparr.com
Website: www.bereskinparr.com
Robert MacFarlane is a counsel with Bereskin & Parr LLP. MacFarlane’s practice focuses on litigation for patent, trademark, copyright, and confidential information cases. He has about 40 years of litigation experience and has appeared in the Ontario Superior Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is frequently ranked by several recognised legal publications as one of Canada’s top patent litigators and has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Name: Daphne Lainson Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Madeleine Lamothe-Samson Position: President / Founder Law firm: MLS Legal
Name: Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie Position: Senior Associate Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Marie Lussier Position: Counsel Law firm: Chitiz Pathak
Name: Alfred Macchione Position: Equity Partner Law firm: McCarthy Tetrault
Name: Eric Macramalla Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Jason Markwell Position: Partner Law firm: Fasken
Name: Conor McCourt Position: Partner Law firm: Torys
Name: Peter Milne Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: Evan Nuttall
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Cara Parisien Position: Lawyer Law firm: Robic llp
Name: Nancy Pei
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Mark Pidkowich Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Anthony Prenol Position: Partner / Lawyer & Trademark & Patent Agent Law firm: CPST Intellectual Property Inc
Name: Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy Position: Partner Intellectual Property Law firm: DLA Piper
Name: Harry Radomski Position: Counsel Law firm: Goodmans LLP
Name: Kavita Ramamoorthy Position: Partner Law firm: Fineberg Ramamoorthy
Name: Natalie Rizkalla Kamel Position: Intellectual Property Lawyer, Partner & Registered Trademark Agent Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP
Name: David Schwartz
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Alistair Simpson
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Bruce Stratton Position: Partner Law firm: DLA Piper LLP
Name: Theodore Sum
Position: Partner
Law firm: Smart & BiggarLLP
Name: Vik Tenekjian Position: Partner Law firm: Gilbert’s Llp
Name: Catherine Thall Dubé Position: Avocate | Lawyer Law firm: ROBIC, LLP
Name: Antonio Turco Position: Partner / Lawyer & Trademark Agent Law firm: CPST Intellectual Property Inc
Name: Stephanie Vaccari Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Jeremy Want Position: Partner Law firm: Smart & Biggar
Name: Justine Wiebe Position: Partner Law firm: Borden Ladner Gervais
Name: Peter Wilcox Position: Partner Law firm: Belmore Neidrauer LLP
Name: Matthew Zischka
Position: Managing Partner
Law firm: Smart & Biggar
