Key Details
Daphne Lainson
Partner
Smart & Biggar
Canada
- Chemical
- Chemicals
- Patent
- Patents
Daphne Lainson
Overview
Daphne Lainson is a partner at Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh and leader of the firm’s life sciences practice. She specialises in securing patent protection for chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology-related inventions and her particular area of expertise is life cycle management. She is regularly called upon to provide advice on pharmaceutical regulatory law to innovators and development stage pharmaceutical companies. Lainson also advises pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies on matters relating to data protection, supplementary protection, patent linkage issues and market access issues. She is an AIPLA fellow, and currently serves as the chair of the AIPLA food and drug law committee.
Contact
Participation in Wider Community
Interviews
- Lexpert Magazine Interview - "Advancing Women in the Legal Profession", May 24, 2016
Publications
- "Coming to Canada: Information Protocol and Regulatory Issues" (co-author: Nancy Pei), BIOTECanada Insights, Spring 2016
- "Will the TPP top CETA for protection of new drugs and biologics in Canada?" (co-author: Nancy Pei), Intellectual Property Magazine, February 2016
- "Biopharmaceutical Companies Set to Benefit From International Trade Agreements" (co-author: Thuy Nguyen), Biotechnology Focus, December 2015/January 2016, p. 28
- "Major changes to Canadian IP law" (co-author: Christian Bolduc), Intellectual Property Magazine, June 2014
- "Enhanced IP rights in Canada" (co-author: Nancy P. Pei), Intellectual Property Magazine, December 2013
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association; Immediate past co-chair of the Japan Practice Committee; past Chair of the Mentoring Committee; past Chair of the Women in Intellectual Property Law Committee
- Member, Chemical Institute of Canada, Canadian Society for Chemistry
- Member, The Women's Business Network of Ottawa
- Member, Canadian Bar Association; member of the Patent Committee
Academic Affiliations
- “Patent Listing and Data Protection: A Primer for Regulatory Affairs Professionals,” (speaker), CAPRA Dinner Meeting, Dorval, QC, January 2016
- “Biosimilars are Off and Running: A Litigation and Regulatory Update” (moderator), AIPLA Annual Meeting, 2015
- "Subsequent Entry Biologics (SEBs) – Canada," AIPLA Mid-Winter meeting , Las Vegas, NV, January 2012; AIPLA webinar, March 2012
- "Making contributions visible," 3rd Annual Women in Law conference, Calgary, AB, October 2009
- "Partnerships: Policy and Research at the Crossroads: University-Industry Research Collaborations," 58th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Ottawa, October 2008
