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15One of our partners was recognized as a leading intellectual property strategist; one of only nine Canadian practitioners chosento appear in the guide.

IAM Strategy 250 – The World’sLeading IP Strategists 201014 The Best Lawyers in Canada,

2011 Edition

François Guay named 2011 Intellectual Property Lawyer of theYear for Montreal, QC.

13 The PLC Cross-border IP in Business TransactionsHandbook 2010/11

Six lawyers selected in the areasof commercial IP, IP: non-patentlitigation and IP: patent litigation. No other firm in Canada has more lawyers appearing in theseareas.

12Six pre-eminent lawyers selectedto appear in the guide — morethan any other firm in Canada.

The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 201011

Three pre-eminent lawyers recognized as being among theworld's top ranked life sciencespatent litigators.

IAM Life Sciences 250 –The World's Leading Life Sciences Patent Litigators 2010

10 The International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2010

Three pre-eminent lawyers selected to appear in the guide.

9Four leading lawyers recognized in the areas of biotechnology, intellectual property and intellectual property litigation. Noother firm in Canada has more lawyers appearing in these areas.

The LEXPERT®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2010 Edition8

IAM Licensing 250 – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Lawyers 2010

Three pre-eminent lawyersrecognized as being among theworld’s leading patent and technology licensing lawyers.

7 The Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory, 2010 Edition

Sixteen pre-eminent lawyers selected for inclusion in the areas of biotechnology, intellectual property and intellectual property litigation. Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh had more lawyers than any other firm in Canada recognized in the area of intellectual property.

6Named 2010 Canadian Copyright Firm of the Year.

Managing Intellectual Property’s 2010 North American Awards

5LEXPERT® Guide to the LeadingUS/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, 2010 Edition

Two leading lawyers recognized in the area of intellectual property litigation. No other firm in Canadahas more lawyers listed in this area.

4 The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2011 Edition

Eighteen lawyers selected to appear in the areas of intellectual property law and biotechnology law — more than any other firm in Canada.

3 Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2010 Edition

Eight lawyers listed in the areasof intellectual property and intellectual property: litigation — more than any other firm in Canada.

Fifteen prominent international surveys have recognized Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh as leaders in Canadian intellectual property law.

1Managing IntellectualProperty’s 2010 WorldIP Survey

Ranked as a Tier One firm in all five categories relating to intellectual property: copyright, patent prosecution, patent contentious, trade mark prosecution and trade markcontentious.

2 Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2010

Ten lawyers recognized in the areas of life sciences, patents and trademarks — more than any otherfirm in Canada.

With over 100 professionals in four offices, Smart & Biggar is Canada’s largest firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law. Related to the patent and trade-mark agency firm Fetherstonhaugh through common partners, offices and personnel, we have been leaders in our field for over a century.

Virtually every member of our firm has an engineering or scientific educational background and over one-third also have post-graduate degrees. More than two-thirds of our firm members, including most of our lawyers, are registered patent agents.

Our technical depth and record of superior service are the reasons Canada’s most innovative corporations and law firms look to Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh for a full range of intellectual property and technology law services including:

• Patent and trade-mark protection worldwide

• Trade secrets and confidentiality

• Strategic IP audits

• Anti-counterfeiting

• Licensing

• Litigation

• IP valuation

• Technology commercialization agreements

• IP management and strategic counselling

• Domain names

• E-commerce

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