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Christopher C. Van Barr
YEAR OF CALL
  • 1996 Ontario
EDUCATION
  • University of Western Ontario, LLB, 1994

Christopher Van Barr is a partner and co-chair of Gowlings’ IP Litigation National Practice Group. He has expertise in patent, PM(NOC), trade mark, copyright and trade secret litigation as well as expertise in computer anti-piracy litigation. He acts on behalf of leading national and international pharmaceutical, software, manufacturing, and information technology clients.

Chris has appeared as lead trial counsel and appeal counsel on numerous cases before the Federal Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Court, and Ontario Court of Appeal. Chris is ranked as a leading litigator in Lexpert's 2010 Canadian Legal Directory and in Chamber's Global Guide 2010 Guide which notes that "Van Barr i'one you would turn to in the general patent and especially the patented medicines space'." A registered patent agent since 2000, Chris has also accumulated considerable expertise in advising clients on the commercial management of intellectual property including patent life cycle management. Prior to joining Gowlings in 1999, he was in-house counsel (intellectual property/litigation) for a leading Canadian computer software company.

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