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Named "Canadian Patent Litigation Attorney of the Year" in 2014 by Legal Media
Group, Christopher Van Barr has accumulated considerable first-chair experience in
complex patent, trade secret, trade-mark and copyright litigation. Van Barr has appeared
as lead trial counsel and appeal counsel for leading international pharmaceutical, medical
devices, aerospace, soware, manufacturing and information technology clients. He is
ranked as a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation Canada and as a leading IP litigator
by Chambers Global, Lexpert®, Managing IP, e Best Lawyers in Canada, IAM Patent
1000 and Who's Who Legal. A registered patent agent since 2000, Van Barr also served
as Adjunct Professor of Patent Law for eight years at the University of Ottawa. During
his career, Van Barr has accumulated considerable experience in advising clients on the
commercial management of intellectual property, including patent life cycle management.
Over 20 years' experience in IP litigation of all types, including: patent, trade-mark,
copyright, industrial designs, trade secrets and competition law. Has appeared as counsel
in IP cases at both the Federal Court and the 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 IP 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:
Patents, e Best Lawyers in Canada, IAM Patent 1000, WTR 1000, Benchmark
Canada, Who's Who Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Life Sciences, Who's Who Legal:
Patents, Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars Handbooks: Patents and Trademark &
Copyright, LMG Life Sciences and several other internationally recognized directories.
Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
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. Named Canada's Trademark Litigator of the Year (2013
and 2014) by Benchmark Canada and 2011 Montreal IP Lawyer of the Year by Best
Lawyers. Listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada, e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Euromoney's Expert Guides: Guide to
the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners and Patents, WTR 1000, Chambers
Global, Benchmark Canada, IAM Patent 1000, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who
Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Patents, Who's Who Legal 100 and Managing Intel-
lectual Property's IP Stars Handbook: Trademark & Copyright. Called to the Québec Bar
in 1982.
Christopher
C. Van Barr
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
Tel: (613) 786-8675
Fax: (613) 563-9869
Ottawa
Steven
Garland
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (613) 232-2486
Fax: (613) 232-8440
Ottawa
François
Guay
Smart & Biggar/
Fetherstonhaugh
Tel: (514) 954-1500
Fax: (514) 954-1396
Montréal
christopher.vanbarr@gowlings.com
sbgarland@smart-biggar.ca
fguay@smart-biggar.ca
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
