Smart & Biggar

Trademark

Principal

Mark Evans is a Principal in Smart & Biggar’s Toronto office. He is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading trademark lawyers and a highly respected litigator. He has significant experience in all aspects of trademark law including trademark and trade-dress litigation, brand selection and clearance, trademark prosecution, oppositions and cancelations, and licensing and merchandising. He has been successful in numerous high-profile, precedent setting cases and has twice been selected as Trademark Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada. Most recently, he was named Canada’s Outstanding Trademark Practitioner by Managing IP and Global Elite Thought Leader in Trademarks by Who’s Who Legal. He is listed annually in The Lexpert ALM 500 Directory, Expert Guides, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal: Canada, WTR 1000, The Legal 500 Canada, and MIP’s IP Stars Handbook: Trademark & Copyright. Surveys, clients, and colleagues describe him as "the best bar none” and “the ‘go-to’ lawyer” for trademark law. He has written extensively on IP law, is a frequent speaker, and has taught at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a fellow of IPIC, member of INTA, holder of a BSc and LLB, and registered patent and trademark agent. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1986.

Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Member, International Trademark Association; member of the Law Firm Committee (2020-2023); member of the Leadership Committee (2016-2019); member of the Legal Practice Resources Committee; former member and Team Leader of the Law Firm Committee; former member of the Canada Subcommittee of the Anti-counterfeiting Committee; former Chair of the Trademark Use Subcommittee of the Internet Committee; former Sub-Chair of the Internet Committee

Ontario Bar, 1986 Registered Patent Agent, 1991 Registered Trademark Agent, 1986 Queen’s University, LL.B., 1983 University of Toronto, B.Sc., 1980;(magna cum laude)