Alberta

Firm overview

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada's leading firm for intellectual property law. With offices across Canada, and over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents, we are the largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

We specialize in asserting and defending our clients' IP assets to maximize their return on investments and preserve competitive advantage. Intellectual property rights - from patents, industrial designs and trademarks, to trade secrets, confidential information and copyrights - are critical business assets that need to be aggressively protected and enforced. 

In high-stakes litigation, we know what it takes to win and we routinely handle Canada's most commercially important and technically complex intellectual property cases. Our lawyers possess a rare combination of successful trial and appellate experience combined with a deeply sophisticated understanding of technical subject matter and analytical expertise - resulting in victories at all levels. From start-up companies in emerging growth sectors to multinational corporations across a broad range of industries, we draw on our vast technical and legal experience to provide creative, effective and cost­efficient enforcement and litigation strategies tailored to each client's unique situation and needs. 

Smart & Biggar has received Benchmark's Award as Canadian IP Litigation Firm of the Year for five consecutive year. Our Practice Group has vast experience and success in all areas of IP litigation, including: 

• Patent Litigation & Enforcement

• Pharmaceutical Litigation
• Trademark Litigation & Enforcement
• Trademark Oppositions & Cancellation Proceedings
• Industrial Design Litigation & Enforcement
• Copyright Litigation & Enforcement
• IP Crime & Anti-Counterfeiting

We know what it takes for our clients to win in high stakes IP litigation. 

Some of our representative recent victories include: 

Largest reported damages award in Canadian history for patent infringement at $645 million 

The Dow Chemical Company et al v Nova Chemicals Corporation 

Success in the Supreme Court of Canada - Abolishing the "Promise Doctrine" for patents 

AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc. 

Trial victory to protect Captain Morgan "trade dress" to block competitors and protect brand value 

Diageo Canada Inc v Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc. 

Precedent-setting decision on copyright infringement netting damages of $12 million 

Nintendo of America Inc v King 

Unprecedented site-blocking order requiring Internet Service Providers to impede access to piracy services 

Bell Media Inc. et al v Goldtv.biz et al. 

For over 100 years, we have remained devoted to protecting our clients' intellectual property and technology assets. Whether we are advising an innovative company on patent strategy or infringement issues, providing counsel on brand protection and enforcement, or handling the IP aspects of a corporate transaction, we provide clients with solutions to protect, enforce and leverage their IP. 

Last updated March 2020

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Firm overview

Peacock Linder Halt & Mack legal team provides highly skilled and effective litigation and dispute resolution services to its clients. We have built a strong reputation for successful advocacy and achieve superior, effective results. Our firm is comprised of a dedicated team of lawyers from diverse backgrounds who provide litigation advice and associated services to individuals, corporations and institutions from Alberta, throughout Canada, and around the world.

Founded in 1994 to service the litigation needs of the Calgary legal and business communities, a significant part of the work we do originates from other law firms who recognize that our highly-skilled and litigation-focused team will serve their clients’ litigation needs in circumstances (such as conflicts of interest) where they cannot act themselves.

The confidence in our team shown by our legal peers has always been a source of great pride for our firm.

Our partners are experienced trial and appellate lawyers who have appeared in all levels of court in Alberta, as well as at the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. They have represented clients in mediations and arbitrations both domestic and international, and many of our partners have acted as mediators and arbitrators in complex commercial disputes.

Last upadted March 2020

Firm overview

Lawson Lundell’s Litigation Group has a focus on commercial litigation and a number of associated specialty areas all supported by the largest dedicated research team in Vancouver. We exclusively assist business clients and maintain a clear objective of achieving the best outcome for our clients either by agreement or through the courts. Our offices are in Vancouver, Calgary, Yellowknife and Kelowna.

Our group is distinguished with rankings from Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada. Lawson Lundell was named “Alberta Law Firm of the Year” at the Benchmark Canada® 2019 Awards. Our team has represented clients at all levels of Court in Canada and before most regulatory tribunals, has appeared before a wide range of administrative panels and in national and international arbitrations.