Kohji Suzuki

Kohji Suzuki is a Principal in Smart & Biggar's Ottawa office. His practice is highly diverse and covers all areas of intellectual property with particular emphasis placed on trademarks and mechanical patents. He calls on almost 25 years of experience in counselling clients on the strategies for acquiring, protecting, and enforcing their intellectual property rights. He has worked primarily with large multinational corporations based in Canada, the US, and Japan. His current work in the procurement and maintenance of intellectual property rights is supported by an early career focus on patent and trademark litigation before the Ontario and federal courts. He is listed in Euromoney’s Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Trademark Law Practitioners, The Legal 500, World Trademark Review 1000, World IP Review Leaders, and The Best Lawyers in Canada. He is a fellow of IPIC, a member of INTA (including being involved in many committees over the past two decades) and the Canadian group of AIPPI, a registered observer of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, a holder of a BSc in mechanical engineering (Gold Medal) and LLB, and a registered patent and trademark agent.