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Litigation 2014

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LEXPERT • December 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 95 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Partner in Torys' Litigation Practice. Practice focuses on IP litigation, with current em- phasis on complex patent (especially pharmaceutical) litigation and Federal Court prac- tice. Listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada — Leading lawyer in IP litigation and in Benchmark Litigation Canada — Litigation Star in IP Litigation. Advises clients' signifi cant disputes; has appeared before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal in pharmaceutical patent proceedings—including trial and appellate cases relating to Pfi zer's drugs Lipitor®, Lyrica®, Norvasc®, Quinapril® and Viagra®, GSK's Avandia®, Eisai's Aricept®, OSI/Roche's Tarceva®, Astellas' Prograf ® and Amgen's Neupogen®. Sought-a er IP and advocacy speaker, instructor, and author. Ad- junct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he oversees participa- tion in the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot. Ontario Bar, 1993. LLB, 1991. BSc (Chemical Engineering ‒ First Class Honors), 1987, Queen's University — his alma mater, where he is a member of the Capital Campaign. Partner, member of fi rm's Executive Committee and head of Goodmans' IP litigation group. Practices commercial litigation with a focus on IP and appears before courts and tribunals across Canada. Has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on leading patent and trade-mark issues and is recognized for proceedings under the Patented Medi- cines (NOC) Regulations for generic clients. Recent successful cases include invalidating the Canadian patent associated with the medicine Altace. Recognized as the only Cana- dian "star individual" for IP litigation (since 2010) by Chambers & Partners, he is also ranked a "litigation star" by Benchmark Canada (IP) and by Euromoney as one of the top three Canadian, and top 25 patent lawyers, in the world. e Best Lawyers in Cana- da named him the "2011 Toronto IP Lawyer of the Year." He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Lexpert® (IP/IP litigation) and Who's Who Legal: Canada (life sciences/patents). He teaches the LLM health law IP course at Osgoode Hall Law School and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1978 as the gold medalist. Practices in the area of intellectual property law. Member of the LSUC, CBA, IPIC (Fellow), iTechLaw, AIPLA, e Advocates' Society, ABA. Education: BSc (computing science, fi rst class), 1981, Queen's University. LLB, 1985, University of Toronto. Trial counsel in Federal Court, appellate counsel in Federal Court of Appeal and in the Su- preme Court of Canada on patent and trade-mark matters. Author of the Annotated Pat- ent Act (looseleaf service, Carswell) and co-author of the "Computer-Related Disputes" chapter in Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and Remedies (looseleaf service, Car- swell). Has written for and presented to numerous professional associations, including CBA, AIPLA, IPIC, NYSBA, iTechLaw, IT Can, University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School, Federated Press and the National Judicial Institute. Topics include: Open Source So ware, Non-Practicing Entities, Cross-Examination of So ware Experts, Eff ec- tive Opening Statements, Developments in International Patent Law. Registered Patent Agent and Trade-mark Agent. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1987. Practices intellectual property law, primarily litigating intellectual property cases before all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and administrative tribunals, including the Copyright Board of Canada. Member of the Joint Canadian Bar Associa- tion/Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Copyright Technical Committee. Glen Bloom was Chair of the Copyright Technical Committee (2010–11); Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patent Reporter (2000–08), Canada's intellectual property law report series; past president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (1998–99); founding Board member and Vice Chair of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (1998–2001); and trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA (1996–99). He was an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Common Law of the University of Ottawa where he established the fac- ulty's courses on Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Technology and Copy- right Law. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1980. Andrew M. Shaughnessy Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8171 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto Harry B. Radomski Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4142 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto Bruce W. Stratton Dimock Stratton LLP Tel: (416) 971-7202 Fax: (416) 971-6638 Toronto Glen A. Bloom Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (613) 787-1073 Fax: (613) 235-2867 Ottawa ashaughnessy@torys.com hradomski@goodmans.ca bstratton@dimock.com gbloom@osler.com

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