About Us
Markwell Clarizio LLP
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We built this firm around a simple premise: complex intellectual property disputes deserve experienced counsel with undivided attention and no competing loyalties.
Along with the legal credentials you would expect from experienced trial and appellate lawyers who have argued before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal, we also have the technical fluency that comes from backgrounds in science and engineering.We understand the law governing these disputes and the science, economics, and commercial reality underneath it.
Firms trust us with their most important clients.
We regularly work with other firms when a client has a mandate outside the firm’s capability or when the firm finds itself conflicted off a file it would otherwise handle. When a mandate comes to us, it has our complete focus and when it is done, we return it cleanly.
Clients trust uswhen the stakes are highest
Our work covers the full range of IP and drug regulatory matters: patent infringement and validity, PMNOC proceedings, data exclusivity and supplementary protection certificates, trademark infringement and opposition, copyright disputes, PMPRB pricing proceedings, judicial review, appeals, and interventions. Our lawyers are frequent speakers, teachers, and writers on intellectual property. One of our founding partners co-authored two of the leading textbooks on Canadian patent law.We have a record of success in cases that shaped how Canadian courts approach these fields and we bring that experience to every file, regardless of size.
We work the way our clients need us to work
That means understanding the commercial stakes before we talk about legal strategy. It means exploring all paths to resolution before recommending litigation.And it means being transparent about timelines and cost from the start.