Nathaniel Lipkus

Nathaniel is an intellectual property litigator and strategist, with an emphasis on patent, commercial IP, and life sciences regulatory issues. He is also a registered Canadian patent and trademark agent. Nathaniel has represented numerous companies in a wide variety of industries in patent proceedings across Canada and pro hac vice in the US. He has successfully argued leading cases on patent eligibility in the life sciences and software fields. He has also litigated trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other commercial matters. Nathaniel was lead counsel for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Canada’s only patent litigation involving claims to human genes, representing the hospital pro bono. Nathaniel has also advocated on behalf of life sciences clients before numerous regulatory agencies in Canada and the US on intellectual property, regulatory approval, pricing and reimbursement, and antitrust matters. This advocacy involves managing IP issues, removing barriers to health product approval, and law reform efforts.