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Year called to bar: 2000 (ON)
Kevin Sartorio is a senior intellectual property litigator in Gowling WLG's Toronto office. He has extensive experience covering all areas of IP contentious work, including patent, trademark, copyright, industrial design and trade secret litigation, as well as opposition proceedings before Canada’s Trademark Opposition Board. He has appeared as counsel of record in numerous reported decisions of the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada – most notably for the successful Law Society in the seminal copyright decision CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Kevin is regularly recognized as a leading IP lawyer and litigator in various prominent legal directories, including The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; World Trademark Review 1000; Benchmark Canada: Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys; Managing Intellectual Property: IP Stars (Trademarks); and The Best Lawyers in Canada.
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (“DHC”) completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the Dash 8 aircraft program from Bombardier Inc. (“Bombardier”) for gross proceeds of approximately US$300 million