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Aird & Berlis LLP

Drawing on an extensive team of lawyers, patent agents and other professionals, Aird & Berlis LLP is equipped to advise on a broad scope of IP services, including prosecution, licensing, technology transfer, corporate transactions and litigation. The group has an increasingly prominent position in copyright matters, where it has recently undertaken work for Voltage Pictures and PicRights International, among others. Practice head Timothy Lowman is commended by sources as a ‘fantastic IP litigator’.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Aird & Berlis is my go to IP firm in Canada. Top-notch patent prosecution and IP litigation. Very responsive.’

  • ‘Timothy Lowman is a fantastic IP litigator.’

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Key clients

  • Millennium Media
  • Voltage Pictures

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Work highlights

  • Advising Millennium Media on the management of its copyright enforcement program, including bringing actions against individuals and business who illegally distribute its films through the BitTorrent software protocol online.
  • Representing Voltage Pictures in the appeal of a Federal Court decision concerning certification of a reverse class action.

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