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Guay, François, Smart & Biggar Montréal - (514) 954-1500 - fguay@smart-biggar.ca
François Guay is a partner in Smart & Biggar's Montréal office. He has over 35 years of in-depth IP litigation
experience and is among the top most experienced IP litigators in Canada. François has appeared before the
Courts of Québec and the Federal Court of Canada. His case work in Marlboro Canada Limited v. Philip
Morris Products SA and Bell Canada et al. v. 1326030 Ontario Inc dba ITVBox.net et al. were both recog-
nized with a Milestone Case of the Year Award from Managing Intellectual Property. In 2013 and 2014 he
was named Canada's Trademark Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada, and IP Lawyer of the Year
in 2011 by Best Lawyers. Francois is also listed in e Lexpert®/ALM 500 Directory, Lexpert® US/Canada
Cross-Border Guide — Litigation, Expert Guides: Leading Patent Law Practitioners and Leading Trademark
Law Practitioners, Chambers Global & Canada, Benchmark Canada, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's
Who Legal: Patents, Who's Who Legal: Canada, IAM Patent 1000, WTR 1000 and Managing Intellectual
Property's IP Stars Handbook: Trademark & Copyright.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Lapin, Philip, Smart & Biggar Ottawa - (613) 232-2486 - plapin@smart-biggar.ca
Philip Lapin is a partner in Smart & Biggar's Ottawa office. He is the chair of Smart & Biggar's Trademark
Operations Group and is recognized as one of Canada's leading trademark lawyers. With more than 20 years
of experience, Philip is responsible for managing and providing strategic advice concerning the trademark
portfolios for many Canadian and multinational corporations. He has handled the clearance, prosecution
and registration of thousands of trademarks, and has particular expertise in trademark opposition and can-
cellation proceedings before the Trademarks Office. In addition, Philip files, prosecutes and advises clients
with respect to all aspects of Canadian industrial design law and practice. He is listed in World Trademark
Review 1000, Euromoney's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Trademark Law Practitioners
and Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars Handbook: Trademark & Copyright.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Zischka, Matthew, Smart & Biggar Toronto - (416) 593-5514 - mzischka@smart-biggar.ca
Matthew Zischka is a partner in Smart & Biggar's Toronto office, practicing with a particular focus on
advising global and domestic companies in traditional and emerging technology industries. For more than
20 years, he has helped clients commercialize and protect their intellectual property, providing legal opinions
and counseling on IP strategy, and advising on transactions, licensing, assertions of patent infringement, and
contract interpretation. He has specialized expertise advising public and private companies in the electrical,
soware, electronics, cloud, mobile, mechanical, and medical device fields, and in emerging technologies
such as AI, cryptography, and Fintech. He has been named one of Canada's leading 500 lawyers by Lexpert®,
and is one of seven "highly recommended" patent practitioners in Canada in IAM Patent 1000 Magazine.
Matthew is also listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada, and Managing Intellectual Property's IP
Stars Handbook.
Lexpert Ranking: MFR
Additional MFR Listees
Aitken, David W., Aitken Klee LLP
Brodkin, Andrew, Goodmans LLP
Burnett, Daniel W., Owen Bird Law Corporation
Burshtein, Sheldon, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Chenoy, Dean, Miller Thomson LLP
Clarizio, Dino P., Goodmans LLP
Deeth, Douglas N., Deeth Williams Wall LLP
Desjardins, Chantal, Goudreau Gage Dubuc
Dunbar, Laurence J.E., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gross, Wendy J., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Jacobsen, Peter M., Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest
Thomson Blackburn LLP
Kratz, Martin P.J., QC, Bennett Jones LLP
McMahon, Eileen M., Torys LLP
Parker, Tara, Goodmans LLP
Radomski, Harry B., Goodmans LLP
Sookman, Barry B., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Stamegna, Carolyn P., Goodmans LLP
Takach, George S., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Williams, Amy-Lynne, Deeth Williams Wall LLP
Zitzerman, David, Goodmans LLP
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