Intellectual Property

Ideas are assets. Ideas create business success. We protect yours.

The nature of business today is international, fast-paced and ever-changing. What never changes at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall is the awareness that intellectual property rights must be protected as valuable corporate assets.

Our Intellectual Property Law Group can help you establish, monitor, and enforce the intellectual property rights that are critical to protecting your company’s most valuable commodities. Your intellectual assets follow your business around the world, and our team provides the international expertise and network of partners to support you. We represent individuals, start-ups, and national or international corporations, and can help businesses and venture capital firms establish the value of intellectual property.

Our Ottawa law firm offers expertise across intellectual property law and litigation, and business law. We provide a flexible team of Ottawa lawyers that can be scaled to meet your needs, and can represent clients before relevant tribunals and courts. We have industry-specific expertise across the business and technical sides of a range of fields including energy, biotechnology, engineering, telecom and many other high tech and scientific domains. To provide comprehensive service, our intellectual property Law Group also includes agents registered to practice before the Canadian and U.S. Patent and Trademark Offices.

In the business of innovative ideas, time is a critical commodity. We are dedicated to providing efficient, cost-effective representation. Backed by 50 years of experience, we take pride in offering deep expertise across many areas in intellectual property law, including:

• Copyright Law
• Design Registration
• Industrial Design Law
• Integrated Circuit Topographies
• Licensing
• Life Sciences
• Patent Law
• Plant Breeders’ Rights
• Trademark Law
• Trade Secrets
• Validity and Infringement Searches and Opinions