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Practice devoted to intellectual property law, specifically litigation of patents, trade-
marks and copyright. Certified by the LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation and
Intellectual Property (patent, trade-mark and copyright) law. A Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and IPIC. Professional
Engineer (Ontario). Member: LSUC (past Chair, Intellectual Property Law Specialty
Committee), CBA (past Chair, Court Practice Committee, Intellectual Property Law
Section), ABA (past Chair, International Subcommittee of Patents and Trade-marks),
e Advocates' Society (past Director), AIPLA and ACA (intellectual property), INTA's
Panel of Neutrals for Canada, founding member of IP Neutrals of Canada, and panel
member of JAMS. Editor and author of Intellectual Property Disputes – Resolutions and
Remedies (Carswell, updated semi-annually). Lectured at Queen's University on patent
law and at York University on the law of IP remedies. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1976.
Recognized in international reviews, including e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to
the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, as one of Canada's leading Intellectual Property
and Litigation – Intellectual Property lawyers. Practice combines extensive litigation
experience with expertise in product acquisition and licensing, particularly in the pharma-
ceutical area. Advises on clearance, protection and enforcement of intellectual property
rights; appears before the Federal Court and the Ontario courts. Past President of the
CBA intellectual property section; past President of FICPI Canada; President, Commu-
nications Commission and member of Council, FICPI International. Has lectured on IP
issues at several universities and spoken at national and international meetings on current
IP issues. Graduate of U of Waterloo (Engineering) and U of Toronto (Law). Called to
the Ontario Bar (1976) and is a Registered Patent and Trade-mark Agent. Member of
the Board of Directors of Concordia Healthcare Corp. and of IM Biotechnologies Inc.;
former member of the Board of Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corp.
One of Canada's premier and most experienced life sciences intellectual property
litigators with more than 25 years of experience in the highly specialized field of
pharmaceutical patent, trade-mark and related litigation. Has appeared as lead counsel
in numerous precedent-setting intellectual property cases before the Ontario, Federal
and Supreme courts. Recognized as one of the top 30 patent attorneys in the world by
Expert Guides: Best of the Best 2014. Named Best Lawyers' 2013 Toronto Biotechnology
Law Lawyer of the Year. Listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading
500 Lawyers in Canada, e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Chambers Global, e
Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Canada, LMG Life Sciences, Euromoney's Expert
Guides: Patents, Who's Who's Who Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Life Sciences, Who's
Who Legal: Patents, Who's Who Legal 100, Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars
Handbook: Patents, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Life Sciences 250, PLC Which Lawyer?
and Life Sciences Specialist 500. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983.
Carol Hitchman is a partner in the Technology and Intellectual Property Group at
Gardiner Roberts LLP and her practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litiga-
tion. Hitchman has developed a broad range of experience as a litigator and a Patent and
Trade-mark Agent. She has been recognized by Lexpert® as Consistently Recommended
for her Intellectual Property Litigation expertise and in the International Who's Who
of Life Sciences 2011. Hitchman has appeared before all levels of the Federal Court and
the Ontario Court, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. Her practice is primar-
ily in the area of pharmaceutical patents, but also includes trade-mark and copyright
matters. Hitchman has written numerous papers and given presentations for the Intel-
lectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), e Law Society of Upper Canada and the
Canadian Bar Association (CBA), including presentations to the Federal Court judges
and prothonotaries. Hitchman is a past President of IPIC. She currently serves as a
member of the IPIC Privilege and Self Governance Committee.
Ronald E.
Dimock
Dimock
Stratton LLP
Tel: (416) 971-7202
Ext. 222
Fax: (416) 971-6638
Toronto
Douglas
N. Deeth
Deeth Williams
Wall LLP
Tel: (416) 941-9442
Fax: (416) 941-9443
Toronto
Gunars
Gaikis
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (416) 593-5514
Fax: (416) 591-1690
Toronto
Carol V.E.
Hitchman
Gardiner
Roberts LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8259
Fax: (416) 865-6636
Toronto
rdimock@dimock.com
ddeeth@dww.com
ggaikis@smart-biggar.ca
chitchman@grllp.com
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
