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Creber, Anthony (Tony), Gowling WLG Ottawa - (613) 786-0140 - anthony.creber@gowlingwlg.com
Tony is a senior partner with Gowlings and is its senior IP litigation counsel. Tony's primary focus has
been in chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical patent litigation. His practice includes trademark litigation,
regulatory issues and advising on IP life cycle. Tony has been consistently recognized by e Best Lawyers in
Canada and Lexpert® and other similar directories as a leading lawyer in litigation, IP and biotechnology. He
regularly appears in the Federal Court as well as the Supreme Court of Canada on patent matters, including
questions of patentability of life forms, patent licensing and the infringement of biotech patents. Important
cases he has appeared in include the SCC decisions in Schmeiser and Plavix. Most recently he represented
Novartis in protecting its patent on Gleevec and Biotech Canada in an access to information case before
the SCC, which corrected a restrictive interpretation of the trade secret exemption. Tony won the coveted
"Patent Case of 2009", "Practitioner of year, 2014" and "Milestone Case of 2014" awards given by Managing
Intellectual Property.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Crolla, Domenic A., Gowling WLG Ottawa - (613) 786-0173 - domenic.crolla@gowlingwlg.com
Domenic Crolla is a senior litigator at Gowling WLG, with a practise that focuses on professional, product
liability, health law, governance and information technology matters (e-health & privacy). He has appeared
before all levels of courts and in a broad range of administrative tribunals, and has appeared as lead counsel in
a number of complex matters in both a trial and appellate capacity. Domenic is a frequent author and lecturer
in his areas of expertise. He is the editor of Electronic Healthcare Law Review (LexisNexis Butterworths),
and was Regional Director of Osgoode Hall Law School's LLM in e-Business. He was Adjunct Professor in
Osgoode's LLM in health law and e-business programs. He was Chair of the Law and Medicine Committee
of the IBA and is a past director of e Advocates' Society and Bar-Ex. Domenic is honorary counsel
to REACH, a charitable organization for persons with disabilities. He was a steering committee member
of the CBA's Futures initiative. He currently sits on Gowling WLG's Board of Trustees.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Charette, Louis, Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. Montréal - (514) 877-2946 - lcharette@lavery.ca
Louis Charette practices in the areas of civil and professional liability litigation, product liability and
transportation law and infrastructure, and aviation law. He has also been a lecturer in civil procedure at the
McGill University Faculty of Law. In his product liability practice, Mr. Charette acts in defense of manu-
facturers, distributors and vendors. He also advises manufacturers in the implementation and management
of recalls and provides counsel on strategic and risk management issues. Mr. Charette is listed in e Best
Lawyers in Canada 2017 as a leading practitioner in the fields of aviation and transportation law and product
liability law. He is also listed in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2017 in the fields of Aviation (Regula-
tion & Liability) and Litigation – Product Liability. In September 2017, he was inducted as a Fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Gottlieb, Matthew P., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Toronto - (416) 644-5353 - mgottlieb@counsel-toronto.com
Matthew Gottlieb practices business litigation, including corporate and commercial disputes, insolvency
and restructuring mandates, libel law, securities litigation and administrative law. He has appeared before
the Supreme Court of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Courts, Federal Court of Canada, New
Brunswick Courts, Supreme Court of British Columbia, e Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Se-
curities Commission and Toronto Stock Exchange. Has acted as counsel in many major court proceedings,
including those on behalf of Nortel (UK), Duff & Phelps, Aon and Hollinger Inc. Recognized as a leading
litigation lawyer in Chambers Global: e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, e Best Lawyers in Canada,
Benchmark Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
