Doug Deeth

Biography

Mr. Deeth is a partner with the law firm of Deeth Williams Wall LLP. He is the former President of the Intellectual Property Law section of the Canadian Bar Association and has over 35 years of experience working with the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Deeth has been recognized in several international reviews as one of Canada’s leading intellectual property lawyers. His practice combines his extensive litigation experience with an expertise in negotiating and completing license and product development agreements. He provides timely, practical and pragmatic advice to clients on the clearance, protection and enforcement of all forms of technology and intellectual property rights, and has particular expertise in chemical and pharmaceutical products and processes. Mr. Deeth was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1976 and has more than thirty-five years of litigation experience, ranging from the most complex and sophisticated intellectual property litigation to judicial review proceedings and interlocutory injunction applications. He appears regularly before the Federal Court of Canada and the courts of the Province of Ontario. He has a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (1970) and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto (1974), and has taught, written and spoken extensively on intellectual property law. He has lectured at McMaster University, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall law schools and the McGill courses on Patent and Copyright Law. 

Research Interest

 Business and Management