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Ogilvy Renault Stands out as Leading Intellectual Property Practice
February 12, 2002
Montréal - Ogilvy Renault, one of Canada's most prominent law firms, has been chosen as "Leading intellectual property practice" and as "Leading life sciences practice" in the 2001/2 edition of Global Counsel 3000 , a reputable British publication that is distributed to the world's leading 5000 companies and financial institutions. The handbook ranked selected law firms by areas of expertise in three levels: leading, highly recommended and recommended. Ogilvy Renault was granted the highest level. According to Malcolm E. McLeod, Senior Partner, Intellectual Property: " This well-deserved recognition underlines the fact that Ogilvy Renault has been, for many decades, at the forefront of the evolution of Canadian intellectual property law. Ever since the establishment of this practice at least as early as the 1920s, the firm has helped to shape intellectual property law in landmark cases, such as in the 1977 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in MacDonald versus Vapour Canada Ltd . that has been referred to as the most significant Canadian judicial decision in the field of intellectual property in the last half of the XXth century". Ogilvy Renault's intellectual property practice is one of the largest in Canada and consists of more than 70 lawyers, patent agents and trade-mark agents, all of whom provide our Canadian and international clients with their expertise in a wide range of sectors; from the natural resources, manufacturing and service sectors of the economy to the fast-growing knowledge-based industries of information technology, telecommunications, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. The firm's top-level expertise and comprehensive industry knowledge enables it to offer its clients sound and timely advice in numerous fields, including patents, trade-marks, industrial designs, copyright, plant breeders' rights certificates (PBR), integrated circuit topography (ICT), as well as unfair competition and trade secrets. Founded in Montréal in 1879, Ogilvy Renault is one of Canada's leading law firms, as well as a patent and trade-mark agency that offers total solutions to its Canadian and international business clients. Ogilvy Renault consists of more than 400 lawyers, patent agents and trade-mark agents practising in its offices located in Montréal, Ottawa, Québec, Toronto, Vancouver and in London, England.
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Peter Zvanitajs - Toronto
Senior Advisor, Media Relations
416.216.1871
pzvanitajs@ogilvyrenault.com
Joanne Lajeunesse - Montréal
Director, Marketing and Media Relations - Quebec Region
514.847.4723
jlajeunesse@ogilvyrenault.com
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