Strategic IP Counselling & Portfolio Management
Overview
Team
Case Studies
Publications
An intellectual property portfolio may be a significant part of your company’s assets. To maintain and grow the value of those assets requires a comprehensive strategy. You may also need advice on issues like whether a technology is patentable, or whether you infringe a competitor’s patent, so that you can make informed business decisions. Oyen Wiggs’ lawyers can help ensure that your company is well positioned to innovate, compete, gain investment, sell or license your intellectual property.
Our lawyers have experience working with a wide range of clients to develop and manage their IP portfolios. The technical backgrounds of our lawyers ensure that we can work closely with your team to provide meaningful insight on the development of your patent portfolio. On the trademark side, we work with many clients who have global brands that need to be carefully managed across many jurisdictions.
Our lawyers regularly conduct IP audits and due diligence investigations on IP, and devise and execute strategies for protecting patents, trademarks and designs. Our lawyers also provide legal opinions on issues such as patentability, infringement, freedom-to-operate, trademark availability, and registrability of trademarks and designs. Our lawyers have advised clients on patent infringement issues, including designing around competitors’ patents.
Practice Contact(s)
Team Members
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Craig Ash
PartnerB.Sc. (Chemistry) -
Thomas Bailey
PartnerB.Sc. (Cellular Biology) -
Lawrence Chan
Senior CounselB.Sc. (Honors Biochemistry) -
Nicholas Garner
PartnerB.A.Sc. Mechanical Engineering -
Maxwell Guld
AssociateB.A.Sc. Materials Engineering -
Mihaela Hutanu
Trademark Agent -
Roni Jones
PartnerB.A.Sc. (Materials Engineering) -
George Kondor KC
PartnerB.Sc. (Physiology) -
Christina Kwok
PartnerB.Sc. (Biotechnology) -
Garth Leslie
AssociateB.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) -
Gavin Manning
CounselM.Sc. (Physics) -
David McGruder
PartnerB.Sc. (Chemistry) -
Paul Smith
PartnerB.Eng (Electrical) -
Hilton Sue
PartnerElectrical Engineering -
David Takagawa
PartnerB.Sc. (Microbiology)
Case Studies
Publications
- NRC IRAP’s IP Assist Program Offers a Boost to Innovative Small and Medium Size Enterprises
- CHINA’S NEW PATENT LAW TO STRENGTHEN IP PROTECTION
- Remote Working May not be as Simple as Logging in from Anywhere if Patent Protection is Desired
- “Hey AI Bot, can you find a cure?” Artificial Intelligence as “Persons” in Medicine, Healthcare, and Beyond
- Your First Patent Application: What You Need to Know
- How and When to Challenge a Patent or Patent Application in Canada
- Strategic Considerations and Patent Application Examination Options in Canada
- GPPH: More Than a Two Lane (Patent Prosecution) Highway
- It Just Keeps Getting Harder: Pfizer Faces Further Challenges after its Viagra™ Patent Invalidation
- Choosing a new trademark: It’s all about being distinctive, distinctive, distinctive!
- Apple v. Samsung and the importance of design registration
- IP issues for mobile app developers
- Prometheus v. Mayo: A Setback for Diagnostic Method Patents in the US?
- Protecting your trademarks south of the border: Differences between Canadian and American trademark law
- From “first-to-invent” to “first-to-file”: How the first-to-file and novelty requirements under the new America Invents Act compare to Canadian patent law
- Invention disclosure and patent grace periods: How disclosing your invention before filing a patent application can severely limit your ability to obtain a patent