New IP, tech associate for DLA Piper
Thursday, August 15, 2019 @ 12:33 PM | By John Chunn
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP announced that Richard Mar has joined the firm’s Toronto office as associate counsel in the intellectual property (IP) and technology group.
According to the firm’s press release, Mar has a practice focused on all aspects of acquisition, transfer and protection of IP rights. He has experience assisting clients with patentability and infringement opinions, drafting licensing agreements, and enforcing IP rights.
He has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications and developing global patent filing strategies for clients. He has drafted hundreds of patent applications for clients ranging from sole inventors to large multinational corporations with well established patent programs.
Mar joins DLA Piper after working at one of North America’s most prominent patent and trademark IP boutiques. He is admitted to the British Columbia, Ontario and New York bars and is a licensed patent agent in both Canada and the United States, in addition to being a licensed trademark agent in Canada.
According to the firm’s press release, Mar has a practice focused on all aspects of acquisition, transfer and protection of IP rights. He has experience assisting clients with patentability and infringement opinions, drafting licensing agreements, and enforcing IP rights.
He has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications and developing global patent filing strategies for clients. He has drafted hundreds of patent applications for clients ranging from sole inventors to large multinational corporations with well established patent programs.
Mar joins DLA Piper after working at one of North America’s most prominent patent and trademark IP boutiques. He is admitted to the British Columbia, Ontario and New York bars and is a licensed patent agent in both Canada and the United States, in addition to being a licensed trademark agent in Canada.
