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Smart & Biggar Offices
55 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 900
PO BOX 2999, STATION D
OTTAWA, ON K1P, 5Y6
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Elliott Simcoe
Work Department
Patents
Position
Principal
Career
Elliott Simcoe, a principal in Smart & Biggar’s Ottawa office, has over two decades of wide-ranging experience in intellectual property law. His practice is primarily focused on preparing and prosecuting patent applications in Canada and managing the filing and prosecuting of patent applications worldwide in the fields of electrical and computer engineering. His work is primarily conducted for clients based in Canada, Europe and the United States operating in the fields of electrical and computer engineering. He provides frequent assistance to associate firms in the United States with procuring intellectual property protection in Canada. Listed in Acritas Stars, Expert Guides: Patents, IAM Patent 100, Who’s Who Legal, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars Handbook: Patents and Trademark & Copyright. Fellow of IPIC. BASc (Electrical Engineering); LLB. Registered Patent and Trademark Agent. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1996.
Memberships
- Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member, International Trademark Association; formerly, member of the Online Reference Committee
- Member, Canadian Intellectual Property Office Committee of Intellectual Property Experts (Trademarks and Domain Names)
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Intellectual property
Smart & Biggar is Canada’s leading IP and technology boutique, leveraging over 130 years in the market and five offices nationally. In Toronto, Mark Evans
is a star name for trademark protection, management and counselling, also enjoying a track record in precedent setting disputes, whereas Nancy Pei is a market leader for pharmaceutical patents and litigation, as well as operations within the life sciences sector; the duo are based alongside Matthew Zischka, the firm’s managing partner, Sheldon Hamilton, who leads the litigation group, as well as Mark Biernacki, an up-and-coming partner for all-manner of disputes, including trademark, copyright, patent and industrial design proceedings within the higher courts. The Ottawa office is home to firm chair, Daphne Lainson, as well as Elliott Simcoe who leads the patents, electrical and mechanical group, and Steven Garland who has undertaken all-manner of critical disputes for names such as Amazon, McDonald’s and Shell. François Guay serves as chair of the IP strategy group, operating from the Montreal office, and has notably provided representation in over 100 jurisprudence cases including those with patent, industrial design and copyright elements.