Smart & Biggar

Patents

Managing Director

Matthew Zischka is the Managing Director of Smart & Biggar. He leverages 20 years of patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation experience with deep industry knowledge to commercialize and protect intellectual property. Matthew is adept at counselling and guiding electrical, electronics, software, and mechanical clients through complex IP challenges. He provides legal opinions and advice on transactions, licensing, assertions of patent infringement, and interpretation of commercial contracts and agreements. He is known for his attention to detail, technical knowledge, and understanding of industry changes. Clients and colleagues note him to be an “excellent” lawyer and “a great ambassador for the profession.” He often lectures on intellectual property law topics and is a former Course Director for the McGill/IPIC Patents Course. In addition to being annually recognized by Lexpert, Matthew is consistently listed as an expert in Canadian intellectual property law and patent law in various national and international directories, including The Best Lawyers in Canada, IAM Global Leaders, IAM Patent 1000, World IP Review Leaders, Who’s Who Legal for Canada and IP, and Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars Handbook: Patents.  Fellow of IPIC and Executive Council Member of AIPPI Canada. BASc, LLB. Registered Patent and Trademark Agent. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1995 and called to the British Columbia Bar in 2022.

Member, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); Executive Council Member, AIPPI Canada Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Chair of the Patent Legislation Committee, past member of the International Patent Issues Committee, past member of the Patent Agent Examination Board (2003-2005) Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

British Columbia Bar, 2022 Ontario Bar, 1995 Registered Patent Agent, 1997 Registered Trademark Agent, 1995 Queen’s University, LL.B., 1993 University of Waterloo, B.A.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), 1990 Registered to practise before the United States Patent and Trademark Office