Patent Agent/Lawyer | Engineering

Job title:

Patent Agent/Lawyer | Engineering

Company

Smart & Biggar

Job description

What We Do.Smart & Biggar is Canada’s largest firm practicing exclusively in intellectual property (“IP”) and technology law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and the Waterloo Region. Our business covers all aspects of IP and technology law, including procuring IP protection for our clients, enforcing, and litigating IP rights, and providing world-class advice and counseling in the areas of IP licensing, IP regulation, and IP strategy. We are Canada’s leader in IP and technology law and have been for over 125 years. We are regularly recognized as Canada’s top IP and technology firm.We are part of the IPH Group. IPH Limited is the holding company for IP and associated companies offering a wide range of IP services and products. IPH companies employ a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of over 1,200 people in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand. IPH companies service a diverse client base of Fortune Global 500 companies, multinationals, public sector research organisations, SMEs and professional services firms worldwide.We are passionate about what we do and what we can achieve. The IPH Group is committed to promoting and maintaining a workplace culture of shared respect across companies to enable us all to feel valued and be the best we can be.The Opportunity.We are currently looking for a bilingual Patent Agent/Lawyer to join our national Patent group. In this role, you will work closely with world-class leaders in IP helping our team create business value by managing, obtaining, and leveraging IP assets for the benefit of our clients. We are confident the right candidate will find many opportunities to learn and grow within our firm.Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s and/or PhD degree in Engineering
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in patent drafting and prosecution in a law firm context or in a corporate (in-house) IP group
• Registered Canadian Patent Agent
• Strong written and oral communication in English and French. As the firm serves a predominantly international clientele whose language of communication is English, fluency in English is a requirement

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Expected salary

Location

Montreal, QC

Job date

Sat, 17 May 2025 22:57:00 GMT

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