Top 10 intellectual property boutiques
Deeth Williams Wall LLP (Toronto)
Deeth Williams Wall LLP was created by a group of lawyers who all, at one point or another, practised at Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, but opened their own shop as conflict issues increasingly popped up. The firm began opera- tions in 1994 with seven lawyers, and has since built its strong reputation by offering top-notch IP, information technology, regulatory, and IP-focused litigation services. They have since grown their boutique, with 18 lawyers now advising large pharmaceuticals on new product launches and public sector pension funds on IT issues.
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10 BOUTIQUES Dimock Stratton LLP (Toronto)
Also formed in 1994, Ron Dimock and Bruce Stratton have grown their firm to a stable of 18 lawyers. It represented Research In Motion Ltd. for two years in a patent lawsuit, successfully defended a patent case for Boston Scientific Corp. in an action brought by Johnson & Johnson Inc. over coronary stents, and went to the Supreme Court of Canada in late 2011 with inter- veners CanLII in Society of Composers Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Bell Canada, on the issue of fair dealing of copyright material for research purposes. Notable clients include TD Bank, Dow Chemical Co., and Procter & Gamble Co. "I've worked with them and against them, and either way, they're always good," says one big-law partner.
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