From the day Russel Smart Sr. published Canada's first text on trade-marks and designs, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh has been at the forefront of Canadian trade-mark law. The tradition continues today as our experience and expertise provide clients with sophisticated and practical advice in all areas of trade-mark practice, from registering Canada's first sound mark, to precedent-setting anti-counterfeiting customs remedies, to reshaping the law of pharmaceutical trade-dress protection. This is combined with service that led our firms to be called Canada's "best value in trade-mark matters" by the readership of Trade-mark World magazine. Perhaps this is why we have been entrusted with filing more trade-mark and patent applications than any other firm in Canada.
Our trade-mark services include:
- registrability and availability searches in Canada and internationally
- trade-mark validity and infringement opinions
- preparation, filing and prosecution of trade-mark applications in Canada and internationally
- conducting opposition and cancellation proceedings
- trade-mark litigation, including infringement, counterfeiting, cybersquatting, grey-market goods, false advertising and personality rights actions
- domain name registrations and disputes
- trade-mark and brand counselling, including portfolio management
Ottawa: Philip Lapin | Toronto: Mark K. Evans | Montreal: Christian Bolduc | Vancouver: Michael D. Manson
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