Practice Areas

Patents, Trade-marks, Litigation, Licensing & IP Transactions

Qualifications

Ontario Bar 1967.
Carleton University B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) 1962.
Queen's University LL.B. 1965.
Registered Patent Agent 1966.
Registered Trade-mark Agent 1967.
Appointed Queen's Counsel 1984.

Biography

Nicholas Fyfe is of counsel to Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh, practising in our Ottawa office in the area of intellectual property litigation. Mr. Fyfe has extensive experience in counseling domestic and foreign clients with respect to all aspects of industrial and intellectual property law and has appeared frequently before administrative tribunals, the Ontario and Federal Courts (at both the Trial and Appellate levels), as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada. He is named as counsel in over 130 reported cases.

Mr. Fyfe was recently recognized as one of "the world's 50 leading trade-mark law experts" in Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Mr. Fyfe has written and lectured extensively on intellectual property matters.

Professional Involvement

• Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; past President
• Member, The Advocates' Society
• Past Director and member of council, Association of European Trademark Owners (MARQUES)