David Schwartz

David Schwartz

Principal at Smart & Biggar
(613) 232-2486
55 Metcalfe St, Suite 900, PO Box 2999, Stn D, Ottawa, ON
Year called to bar: 1992 (BC); 1993 (AB); 2001 (ON)
David Schwartz is an IP leader with nearly 30 years' experience in patent law in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemistry and plant breeders’ rights. He advises on regulatory matters relating to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, data protection under the Food and Drug Regulations, and matters concerning the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board. He appears regularly in oral proceedings before the Patent Appeal Board and has handled first-to-invent conflicts under the pre-1989 Patent Act. He has testified on patent law reform before both the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and the Senate National Finance Committee. He has lectured on patent law at Queen’s University and the University of Ottawa. In addition to being named Ottawa’s “Lawyer of the Year” in biotechnology law multiple times and recognized annually as one of “The Best Biotechnology Lawyers in Canada,” he is annually listed in IAM Patents 1000LMG Life Sciences, and Managing IP’s IP Stars Handbook: Patents. He has been past president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, holder of a BSc Hons (Genetics) and LLB, and a registered patent and trademark agent. He was called to the BC (1992), Alberta (1993), and Ontario bars (2001).
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Are medical diagnostic methods patentable or not? Inside the great debate at the heart of healthtech
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