INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY /
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
François Guay
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (514) 954-1500
Fax: (514) 954-1396
Montréal
fguay@smart-biggar.ca
Has practiced exclusively in IP litigation for 30 years. In-depth experience advising
clients on IP litigation strategies, conducting discoveries, examinations and cross-examinations, and preparing highly persuasive arguments to be presented in court. Among
the top five most experienced IP litigators in Canada. Has appeared before the courts
of Québec and the Federal Court of Canada. More than 100 of the cases he has been
involved in have been reported in Canada. Frequent lecturer in the area of IP. Listed
in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the
Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada,
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners, Euromoney's
Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners, World Trademark Review 1000,
Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer?, Benchmark Canada, IAM Patent Litigation
250, IAM Patent 1000, The Best Lawyers in Canada, The International Who's Who of
Patent Lawyers and in Who's Who Legal: Canada. Fellow of IPIC. Called to the Québec
Bar in 1982.
Judith M.
Robinson
Norton Rose
Fulbright
Canada LLP
Tel: (514) 847-4608
Fax: (514) 286-5474
Montréal
judith.robinson@nortonrosefulbright.com
Judith Robinson is regional leader of Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada's Québec
intellectual property practice. Her practice is primarily in IP litigation with particular emphasis on patent cases and related opinion work and strategic advice, including
freedom to operate, infringement and invalidity analyses. Robinson has been lead
counsel on a number of significant court cases including patent trials in aerospace and
pharmaceuticals, appellate work and the judicial review of administrative decisions in
these areas. Many of these cases require cross-border coordination with parallel litigation in the US and Europe. She has been active in litigation and strategic work related to
the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations since the introduction of this
regime in 1993, as well as the current data protection legislation.
INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Sheila R. Block
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7319
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
sblock@torys.com
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Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Trial and appellate counsel
litigation practice, acting as counsel on a wide range of leading cases before all levels of
court in Canada and in international arbitrations. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Foundation; President, Fox Education Fund; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration
Advocacy, Geneva; President's Council, University of Ottawa; and Advisory Board,
Ethics and the Law, University of Toronto. Ranked by Lexpert® as one of Canada's top 25
corporate litigators. Taught advocacy in North America and Europe, New Zealand, El
Salvador, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Brazil and India. Awards include: Law Society Medal;
The Advocates' Society Medal; Advocacy; Toronto Lawyers' Association Award of
Distinction; OBA Award for Excellence; Meritas Tabaret Award, University of Ottawa;
Fellow, ACTL, ISOB; Member, Common Law Honour Society, University of Ottawa;
LLB (Gold Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974.
