Smart & Biggar Announces Jean-Sébastien Dupont as new partner in Montreal
January 8, 2018
The partners of Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh are pleased to announce that Jean-Sébastien Dupont has joined the partnership.
Based in Smart & Biggar’s Montreal office, Jean-Sebastien focuses on intellectual property litigation in the areas of trademarks, patents and copyright. He is involved in different aspects of litigation before the Quebec Superior Court and the Federal Court, including witness preparation for examination, cross-examinations, finding and working with technical and financial experts, preparing and arguing various motions, preparing evidence and submissions for trial and working with foreign associates in the context of multi-jurisdictional cases in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. He was awarded a First Class grade from the University of Cambridge for his Master of Law thesis, which focused on the notion of trademark use and addressed the issue of invisible use of trademarks in meta tags and keyword advertising, as well as the subliminal use of trademarks in new marketing techniques. Jean-Sébastien’s technical background is in computer science.
Smart & Biggar
www.smartbiggar.caSmart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading intellectual property firm, with offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. 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.
Jean-Sebastian Dupont
Smart & Biggar
Law School
Université de Montréal
Year Of Call
2010
Area Of Practice
Intellectual Property