Background
Chantal Saunders is a partner in the Ottawa office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Chantal is a lawyer and a registered patent agent. She obtained a B.Sc. from Queen's University (Honours) in 1997, an LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 2001, and was called to the Ontario bar in 2002.
Areas of Practice
Chantal specializes in the area of intellectual property, with an emphasis on patent litigation and particularly pharmaceutical litigation under the NOC Regulations. Her practice also involves copyright and trade-mark infringement litigation, and Access to Information Act matters. She has appeared before the Federal Courts on patent and copyright matters. Chantal also advises clients with respect to data protection, and issues arising in respect of the Patent Register, and the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board.
Selected Professional Publications
- BLG Intellectual Property Weekly Abstracts – Bulletin (co-author and co-editor)
- Intellectual Property for Life Sciences in Canada: Victories and Challenges in 2009 (2010)
- Listing Patents on the Patent Register (3/12/2008)
- History of Data Protection in the EU: A Roadmap to Encourage Investment in Biologics and Pharmaceuticals (11/6/2006)
- Canada: A Review of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Issues and Trends for the Life Science Industry (5/29/2006)
- Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations: Recent Amendments (4/14/2005)
- Life Behind the Eight Ball: Litigating the NOC Regulations as an Innovator (1/12/2005)
Professional and Community Activities
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association
- Member of the County of Carleton Law Association
- Member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Board of Directors for Row Ontario