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Brian Lee is a partner in Gowlings’ Vancouver office, and is head of the office’s Intellectual Property Department and co-chair of the office's Technology Industry Group. Brian practises exclusively in the area of intellectual property with an emphasis on patent matters. His patent and technology law practice focuses on mechanical and materials engineering, electrochemistry, and computer-implemented and software technologies.

Brian has extensive expertise on obtaining patent and industrial design protection, conducting intellectual property due diligence and technology audits, managing patent disputes including assessing patent infringement and validity risks and directing or supporting patent litigation, and assisting companies in managing their intellectual property portfolios.

Brian is heavily involved in patenting environmental technologies, particularly fuel cell technologies, and was previously in-house counsel at a local fuel cell company and a director of Fuel Cells Canada.

He is a registered Patent Agent in Canada and the United States.