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Colin Ingram
Key Details
Colin Ingram
Partner
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada
Overview
Colin Ingram is a partner at Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh and practises in patent prosecution and litigation. He has represented clients in the electrical, life sciences, and clean technology industries. Ingram is a fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and a member of AIPLA. His notable cases include Amazon v Commissioner of Patents, and AstraZeneca Canada et al v Mylan Pharmaceuticals et al in 2011, where the Federal Court of Canada rejected arguments of inutility and obviousness put forward by Mylan.
Professional Highlights
- The Dow Chemical Company et al v Nova Chemicals Corporation, 2014 FC 844 — Successfully represented the plaintiffs as co-counsel in a patent infringement action.
- AstraZeneca Canada Inc et al v Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC et al, 2011 FC 1023, 2012 FCA 109 — Court granted Order of prohibition rejecting generic's arguments of inutility and obviousness.
- Amazon.com, Inc v Canada (Attorney General), 2010 FC 1011, 2011 FCA 328 — Successfully represented Amazon.com in leading case regarding patentable subject matter, including computer implemented inventions and business methods, in Canada.
- Corlac v Weatherford, 2011 FCA 228 - Successfully represented the intervener the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) on this leading case concerning the scope of the "good faith" requirement for patent prosecution in Canada.
Professional Affiliations
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Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
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Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Academic Affiliations
Speaking engagements
- "Emerging Trends and Policies in Software and Business Method Patenting Around the World," AIPLA 2014 Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2014
- "Business Method Patents: Coming of Age," organized by LEXPERT Magazine, Toronto, November 2012
- "Navigating the potential minefield of pharmaceutical patents" (co-presenter: J. Sheldon Hamilton), Benchmark Canada Cross-Border Litigation Forum, New York, September 2012
- Presentation of the patents paper, Law Society of Upper Canada's 14th Annual Intellectual Property Law Year in Review, Ottawa, January 2010
Teaching activities
- "Patent Law" (with Steven Garland), University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section, February-April 2011-2015
- "Patent Law" (with Steven Garland), University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section, 2007
- "Intellectual Property & Technology Law for Engineers" (with Philip Lapin and David Schwartz), University of Ottawa, 2006
- "Patent Law" (with Steven Garland), University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section, 2006
- "Intellectual Property & Technology Law for Engineers" (with Philip Lapin and David Schwartz), University of Ottawa, 2005