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Paul Blanchard is a partner in Gowlings' Ottawa office. An expert in intellectual property law, Paul's practice includes an emphasis on trade-mark counseling and litigation, product labelling and advertising, technology transfers and licensing, food and drug regulations, access to information, and trade secrets.

Paul is an advocate before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Courts of Canada, the Ontario Courts of Justice and the Canadian Trade-mark Opposition Board. He has been a patron of the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution.

During his years of practice, Paul has accumulated extensive experience in government relations and is a published author and lecturer on Canadian access to information, trade-marks, trade secrets, food and drug regulations and copyright laws. Among other activities, he has been a frequent panellist on intellectual property subjects in Canada and the U.S.