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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Aitken, David W., Aitken Klee LLP
Creber, Anthony (Tony), Gowling WLG
Garland, Steven, Smart & Biggar
Van Barr, Christopher C., Gowling WLG
Desrosiers, Julie, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Grenier, François M., Robic, LLP
Guay, François, Smart & Biggar
Sotiriadis, Bob H., Robic, LLP
Van Barr, Christopher C., Gowling WLG Ottawa - (613) 786-8675 - christopher.vanbarr@gowlingwlg.com
Named "Canadian IP Litigator of the Year in 2017" by Managing Intellectual Property, Christopher Van
Barr is one of Canada's leading intellectual property litigators. He 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 device, aerospace,
soware, manufacturing and information technology clients. He was also named "Canadian Patent
Litigation Attorney of the Year" in 2014 by Legal Media Group and is ranked as a "Litigation Star" by
Benchmark 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.
QUÉBEC: MONTRÉAL
Guay, François, Smart & Biggar 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,
examinations and cross-examinations, and preparing highly persuasive arguments to be presented in court.
Among the top most experienced IP litigators in Canada. Has appeared before the courts of Québec and the
Federal Court of Canada. More than 200 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.
BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER
Wilson, Christopher S., Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
