Thank you for your continued trust in us, and recognition at the Managing IP Awards
Smart & Biggar is thrilled to share that we were the recipient of four awards, including "IP Boutique Firm of the Year" at the recent Managing IP North American Awards.
We were also honoured to receive "Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year" for Canada, and a coveted "Canadian Impact Case of the Year" award for our successful representation of Dow Chemical Company at the Federal Court of Appeal, upholding the award of $650 million for Nova's infringement of Dow's patent – the largest reported Canadian patent infringement award in history.
Additionally, Ottawa managing partner Steven Garland, who was successful lead counsel for Dow Chemicals, was named Canada's "Patent Practitioner of the Year".
Thanks to our clients' continued trust in us, we have received the "IP Boutique Firm of the Year" award seven times since the inception of the MIP awards in 2011, along with repeat awards for contentious and non-contentious work in patents and trademarks, multiple practitioner of the year awards, and numerous awards on behalf of our clients for impact cases of the year.
Please watch our 'thank you' videos featuring Daphne Lainson, Chair of the Firm and Matthew Zischka, Firm Managing Partner and Steve Garland.