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Nancy Pei
Work Department
Pharmaceutical Litigation, Life Sciences Regulatory & Compliance
Position
Principal
Career
Nancy Pei is a Principal in Smart & Biggar’s Toronto office. With hands-on experience as a pharmacist and over 25 years of patent litigation expertise, Nancy has established a successful IP practice focused exclusively in the field of life sciences—including pharmaceuticals and biologics. As a patent litigator, Nancy advocates on behalf of innovative life sciences companies in cases relating to the PM(NOC) Regulations, in patent infringement/impeachment actions, s. 8 cases, related quantification reference proceedings and judicial review applications. She has represented clients before the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. She also provides advice on matters relating to patent listing, data protection, Certificates of Supplementary Protection, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board and access to information requests. Nancy is named as a leading Life Sciences legal practitioner in Chambers, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert, LMG Life Sciences, Who’s Who Legal, MIP IP Stars: Patents, IAM Patent 1000, WIPR Leaders, and Expert Guides: Women in Business Law, Patents and Life Sciences. In 2023, she was named “Toronto Lawyer of the Year for Biotechnology” by he Best Lawyers in Canada. BSc (Pharmacy); LLB. She is a Pharmacist, Patent and Trademark Agent and Lawyer. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1997.
Memberships
- Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member, The Advocates’ Society
- Director, BIOTECanada
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Canada > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)The leading intellectual property boutique in Canada, Smart & Biggar focuses exclusively on IP law from its five offices across the country. The team’s generous national footprint was further boosted in September 2023 following its combination with fellow Canadian IP boutique, Ridout & Maybee, which added an additional 30 lawyers to the group. It also plugs into a significant international platform through its recent membership of the IPH Limited Group, which brings together a network of six firms across nine jurisdictions. In Toronto, Mark Evans
is a go-to specialist for contentious and non-contentious trademark matters, while IP litigator Mark Biernacki contributes strong experience in an array of patents, trademarks, copyrights and industrial designs. The Toronto team also includes IP disputes expert Sheldon Hamilton; Yoon Kang, who specializes in life sciences patent litigation and prosecution; life sciences expert Nancy Pei; managing director Matthew Zischka; Graham Hood, who was appointed trademarks practice group leader in August 2023, and Urszula Wojtyra. In Ottawa, key figures include Steven Garland, a 30-year veteran in IP litigation; life sciences patents and chemicals/bio practice group leader Daphne Lainson, who was also appointed in August 2023; Elliott Simcoe, who draws on over two decades of experience in electrical and computer-related matters; and Kohji Suzuki, who utilizes a mastery of strategic IP enforcement. Montreal-based litigator François Guay is also highly regarded. Also in August 2023, Jean-Sébastien Dupont in Montreal was promoted to IP litigation practice group leader and Jonas Gifford was appointed patents engineering and ICT (EICT) head.