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

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