Charles Boulakia is a principal in Smart & Biggar's Toronto office whose practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemistry, biofuel, and oil and gas areas. He also provides his clients with IP due diligence, validity, and freedom to operate opinions. He drafts and negotiates license agreements and advises on pharmaceutical regulatory law, including strategy regarding the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations and certificates of supplementary protection. He is vice chairman of the AIPPI standing committee on pharma and chairman of the patent committee for AIPPI Canada. He is on the discipline committee of the College of Patent and Trademark Agents (CPATA). He guest lectures at various Ontario universities. He provides pro bono advice on IP law for several organizations. He has been consistently ranked in The Best Lawyers in Canada for intellectual property law and The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory. He received the G. Raymond Chang Outstanding Volunteer Award from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in 2017.
