Blaney McMurtry Welcomes New Partner, Catherine DiMarco
Blaney McMurtry is pleased to announce that Catherine DiMarco has joined the firm with broad expertise in Commercial Litigation and Construction Law.
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Associate announcement
Smart & Biggar is pleased to announce that Daniel Whalen has joined the firm's Ottawa office as an associate.
October 30, 2014
Daniel Whalens practice focusses on litigation relating to patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright. He also works to enforce trademarks and copyrights on the Internet, including domain name recovery and online content recovery.
During his legal studies, Daniel was the recipient of several awards, most notably, the Barry D. Torno Memorial Prize in 2012 and 2013 for best intellectual property research paper at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Charles Edward Woodrow Award in 2011 and 2012 in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement. Daniel was also the winner of Canadas IP Writing Challenge in 2012 and 2013 and placed in the top 15 percent of his graduating class.
In addition to his legal practice, Daniel has served as an editor of the Intellectual Property Journal since 2012.
Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading intellectual property firm. We are leaders in intellectual property and have been serving clients for over a century. Smart & Biggar operates as part of the IPH Limited group, under its own brand and independent from other IPH member firms.
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