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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Garland, Steven, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh Ottawa - (613) 232-2486 - sbgarland@smart-biggar.ca
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
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. Has been selected as Canadian "Trademark Litigator of
the Year" by Benchmark Canada and selected as Ottawa IP Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Listed in e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Euromoney's Ex-
pert Guides: Patents, e Best Lawyers in Canada, IAM Patent 1000, WTR 1000, Who's Who Legal: Canada,
Who's Who Legal: Life Sciences, Who's Who Legal: Patents, Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars Hand-
books: Patents and Trademark & Copyright, LMG Life Sciences and numerous other internationally recognized
directories. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
Guay, François, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh Montréal - (514) 954-1500 - fguay@smart-biggar.ca
Member of the firm's Executive Committee and has practiced exclusively in intellectual property litigation for
close to 30 years. In-depth experience advising clients on IP litigation strategies, conducting discoveries, exami-
nations 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.
Has twice been selected as Canadian "Trademark Litigator of the Year" by Benchmark Canada and selected
as 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, WTR1000, Chambers Global, IAM Patent
1000, Who's Who Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal: Patents, Who's Who Legal 100 and Managing Intellectual
Property's IP Stars Handbook: Trademark & Copyright.
Nitoslawski, Marek, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montréal - (514) 397-4335 - mnitoslawski@fasken.com
Marek Nitoslawski's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and protection. He provides strategic
advice to multinational corporations, luxury brand owners, broadcasters and other major clients with a view
to optimizing protection of their intellectual property assets in an evolving global environment. Nitoslawski
has successfully handled litigation involving patents, copyright, trade-marks, trade dress, trade secrets and
unfair competition before the Québec courts, the Federal Court of Canada at the trial and appellate levels,
and before the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a senior IP litigator who has been involved in many complex
trans-border patent and trade-mark cases. Nitoslawski also regularly counsels leading-edge technology ven-
tures on questions of online copyright and other issues related to creating content and doing business on the
Internet. He recently successfully argued the landmark case CBC v. SODRAC before the Supreme Court,
2015 SCC 57. Nitoslawski is a frequent and popular speaker on intellectual property issues
at various conferences and seminars.
Van Barr, Christopher C., Gowling WLG Ottawa - (613) 786-8675 - christopher.vanbarr@gowlingwlg.com
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 Canada and as a leading IP litigator by Chambers Global, Lex-
pert®, 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 com-
mercial management of intellectual property, including patent life cycle management.
