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Smart & Biggar congratulates new partner Lei Liu

Smart & Biggar, Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property law, congratulates Lei Liu on his promotion to partner.

January 3, 2020

Smart & Biggar, Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property law, congratulates Lei Liu on his promotion to partner.

Lei is an accomplished patent agent who harnesses his advanced degree (Ph.D.) and knowledge of biotechnology, biological science and chemistry to assist clients with protecting their valuable intellectual property. Lei drafts and prosecutes Canadian patent applications and designs and implements IP strategies that align with clients’ business interests, and also assists clients in IP transactions, providing counsel on IP due diligence, IP audits and IP–related agreements. He counts among his clients pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, green technology companies, research institutions, and universities.

To learn more about Lei, please visit Smart & Biggar’s website.

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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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