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Anthony M. Prenol
Partner, Toronto Office
Telephone
416-863-4292
Facsimile
416-863-2653
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Profile
Anthony Prenol is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Group. He is involved in all aspects of the clearance, prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He is a lawyer, patent agent and trade-mark agent.
Anthony's practice focuses primarily on patent litigation and trade-mark litigation. He has represented clients at all levels of courts up to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal, and before various administrative tribunals.
Anthony is recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in the intellectual property litigation category. In The Best Lawyers in Canada 2009, he was voted by peers as one of the leading intellectual property lawyers in Canada. He has also been chosen one of the "World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners" by Managing Intellectual Property. He has also been recognized as an "IP Luminary" in a survey of the IP community published by Informa Law.
Anthony is the editor of Intellectual Property World Desk Reference: A Guide to Practice by Country, State, and Province, a two-volume summary of intellectual property laws and procedures in nearly 150 jurisdictions around the world, published by Kluwer. He is a member of the advisory board for IP Litigator magazine and is also a member of the editorial board for The Trademark Reporter.
Anthony is a member of the Litigation Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). He has previously served on the International Trademark Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's Litigation Committee and Intellectual Property Trade Policy Committee.
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Areas of Law
Intellectual Property
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Life Sciences
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Education
Registered Patent Agent, Canada - 1997
B.Math, University of Waterloo - 1992
Admitted to the Ontario Bar - 1990
Registered Trade-mark Agent, Canada - 1990
LL.B., University of Toronto - 1988
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Media Appearances
Quoted -
"Flurry of Lawsuits Keeps Drugmakers Busy",
National Post, February 4, 2009.
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"Top Cases of 2006",
Article by Helen Burnett, Law Times, January 15, 2007.
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"Judging Science",
Article by Julius Melnitzer, Lexpert, P. 100, January 2007.
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Recent Publications
Author -
"Global Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement",
2009 Corporate Counsel World Summit, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 25-27, 2009.
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"Generic Drug Manufacturer Succeeds in Action Over Delayed Market Entry",
The Lawyers Weekly, p. 8, January 23, 2009.
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Canadian Court Determines Scope of Financial Recovery for Delayed Generic Entry",
Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property, October 2008.
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Official Mark Developments",
Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property - Year in Review, December 2007.
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Canada - IP - Year in Review: Patents",
Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property - Year in Review Issue, December 2006.
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"Canada Amends Regulations Governing Generic Drug Approval Process",
World Intellectual Property Report, P. 28, December 2006.
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"Canada Amends Regulations Governing Generic Drug Approval Process",
Mondaq (www.mondaq.com), November 23, 2006.
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Comparative Advertising in Canada – The Changing Landscape",
Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property, November 2006.
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Recent Professional Activities
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Cross-Border Perspective on Pharma Patents",
8th Annual Forum on Pharma Patents, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, Ontario, October 29, 2009.
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"Global Brand, Patent and IP Protection",
2009 Corporate Counsel World Summit, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 25-27, 2009.
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"Pharma Patents Roundtable: Understanding Key Issues Impacting the Industry Today",
8th Annual Forum on Pharma Patents, The Canadian Institute, October 31, 2008.
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"Section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations",
6th Annual Forum on Pharma Patents, The Canadian Institute, October 18, 2007.
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"Intellectual Property & E-Commerce Issues in Franchising",
Ontario Region Legal Symposium, Canadian Franchise Association, Toronto, Ontario, March 8, 2007.
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"Intellectual Property Litigation",
Legal Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Recent Developments, Pharmaceutical Sciences Group, Toronto, Ontario, January 31, 2007.
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"Using Intellectual Property in Your Advertising: Have You Gone Too Far?",
Advertising and Marketing Law, The Canadian Institute, January 25, 2007.
 Presenter -
"IP Litigation",
Intellectual Property: What Every In-House Counsel Must Know, 2006 Intellectual Property Course, Lexpert Events, Toronto, Ontario, June 13, 2006.

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