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Twenty years' experience in IP litigation of all types including : patent, trade-mark, copy-
right, industrial designs, trade secrets and competition law. Has appeared as counsel in IP
cases at both the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court
and Court of Appeal, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, the Court of
Appeal of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Patent Appeal Board and
the Trademarks Opposition Board. Named Best Lawyers' 2013 Ottawa Intellectual Prop-
erty Law Lawyer of the Year. Named Canada's Trademark Litigator of the Year 2013
by Benchmark Canada. Listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Euromoney's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's
Leading Patent Law Practitioners, e Best Lawyers in Canada, IAM Patent 1000, WTR
1000, Benchmark Canada, Who's Who Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Life Scienc-
es, Who's Who Legal: Patents, LMG Life Sciences, Managing IP's Trade Mark & Copyright
Handbook, and Managing IP's Patent Handbook. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
Tony Creber is a senior partner with Gowlings and is its senior IP litigation counsel.
Tony's primary focus has been in chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical patent litigation.
His practice includes trade-mark litigation, regulatory issues and advising on IP life cycle.
Creber has been consistently recognized by e Best Lawyers in Canada and Lexpert® and
other similar directories as a leading lawyer in litigation, IP and biotechnology. He regu-
larly appears in the Federal Court as well as the Supreme Court of Canada on patent mat-
ters, including questions of patentability of life forms, patent licensing and the infringe-
ment of biotech patents. Important cases he has appeared in include the SCC decisions
in Schmeiser and Plavix. Most recently he represented Novartis in protecting its patent on
Gleevec and Biotech Canada in an access to information case before the SCC, which cor-
rected a restrictive interpretation of the trade secret exemption. Creber won the coveted
"Patent Case of 2009," "Practitioner of the Year 2014" and "Milestone Case of 2014"
awards given by Managing Intellectual Property.
Has practiced exclusively in IP litigation for 30 years. In-depth experience advising cli-
ents on IP litigation strategies, conducting discoveries, examinations and cross-examina-
tions, and preparing highly persuasive arguments to be presented in court. Among the top
fi ve 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. Named Canada's Trademark Litigator of the Year (2013 and
2014) by Benchmark Canada. Listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Lead-
ing 500 Lawyers in Canada, e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Euromoney's Expert
Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners, Euromoney's Expert
Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners, WTR 1000, Chambers
Global, Benchmark Canada, IAM Patent 1000, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who
Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Patents, and Managing IP's Trade Mark & Copyright
Handbook. Called to the Québec Bar in 1982.
Steven
Garland
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (613) 232-2486
Fax: (613) 232-8440
Ottawa
Anthony
(Tony)
Creber
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
Tel: (613) 786-0140
Fax: (613) 563-9869
Ottawa
François Guay
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (514) 954-1500
Fax: (514) 954-1396
Montréal
sbgarland@smart-biggar.ca
anthony.creber@gowlings.com
fguay@smart-biggar.ca
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
