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Biotechnologyrelies on continuous innovation, an ability to obtain and sustain funding for research and development, and having the intellectual property protection in place to exploit and market new inventions and processes. Bennett Jones is an active, committed advisor to the biotechnology industry, serving the medical, energy and consumer products sectors.

Our team of lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents brings extensive technical knowledge and advanced degrees in the life sciences to the wide range of issues affecting the sector. We provide support on intellectual property protection and enforcement, commercialization of new products and processes, venture capitalization and financing, and government regulation. Possessing excellent relationships with regulatory, contracting and grant-making authorities as well as leading academic institutions and angel and venture capital networks, our goal is to provide industry participants with clear, concise legal counsel that advances mutual interests and maximizes the value of clients’ tangible and intangible assets.

Our clients are located in thriving research centres across Canada and around the world, and include start-ups, incubators, Centres for Excellence, clinical and diagnostic research laboratories and private and public companies involved in the development and production of biomedical products and devices. On their behalf, we have negotiated a variety of funding arrangements, drafted joint venture, development, licensing and transfer agreements, prepared and prosecuted patent applications, managed domestic and international patent portfolio applications and handled various enforcement proceedings both domestically and internationally relating to patent infringement, anti-counterfeiting and protection of trade secrets.

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• Extendicare Inc., a leading North American provider of post-acute and long-term senior care services, in connection with the sale of substantially all of its nursing, rehabilitative and assisted living business in the United States to a group of investors led by Formation Capital, LLC, a healthcare-focused private investment firm, and an affiliate of Safanad Inc. a global investment firm, for US$870 million.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Ltd., as Canadian counsel, in connection with its acquisition of ratiopharm Group for approximately $4.85 billion (€3.625 billion).

• NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp., in connection with the possible sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NUCRYST and the consideration of an amalgamation of the NUCRYST with 1499642 Alberta Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Westaim Corporation.

Recent Recognitions

• 2015, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business

Bennett Jones, ranked, Intellectual Property

A well-rounded firm that advises on domestic and cross-border patent and trade mark prosecution and litigation. Often acts on the IP aspects of M&A, financings and insolvency deals. Active across the telecoms, energy, pharmaceutical, agriculture, mining and petrochemical sectors. "They provide quick responses and have a knowledgeable team - the thoroughness of the information they provide impresses me.""They have a proactive approach."

• 2015, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business

Michael A. Eizenga, ranked Band 1, Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence)

Michael Eizenga "is one of the most knowledgeable class actions lawyers in the country - he covers all the bases," say sources. In addition to his ongoing work on the e-books case, he recently advised Bard Canada on a product liability action relating to the alleged failure of one of its medical devices.

• 2015, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business

Martin P.J. Kratz, ranked, Intellectual Property

Martin Kratz QC is "well versed in all areas of IP," note interviewees. He is highly knowledgeable about IT matters and is also involved in deals in the energy, pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors. He advised Teva on patent clearance opinions.

Recent Publications

• SCOTUS Changes the Rules for Patent Claim Construction on Appeal

• Medical Marijuana in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know

• Bennett Jones Spring 2014 Economic Outlook

News & Events

• COACH e-Health Conference 2014

• Climate Change Policy and Competitiveness

• Bennett Jones Launches Canadian Anti-Spam Information Site

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Duncan Card is the Managing Principal of Bennett Jones (Bermuda) Ltd., which carries on the practice of law in Bermuda in association with Bennett Jones LLP.

Duncan is widely regarded as one of Canada's leading technology, outsourcing, and e Commerce lawyers. Duncan has been included in the prestigious ranking of Lexpert Magazine's and American Lawyer Media's ranking of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for 15 years. Duncan is included in Woodward/White's 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialty of Information Technology Law. In January 2013, Duncan was ranked as a "Most Frequently Recommended" lawyer in Canada for Technology Transactions by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Duncan is included in The International Who's Who of Internet e-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers 2012. Duncan is included in Practical Law's Multi-Jurisdictional "2012-2013 Guide To The Leading Lawyers Worldwide" for outsourcing transactions and in Thomson Carswell's 2014 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.

Duncan is identified as one of the world’s leading patent and technology licensing practitioners in the 2012 Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) publication: IAM Licensing 250 – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners. Duncan is ranked in 2014 Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, and 2011 was the third year Duncan was cited as a leading lawyer in Lawday's North America's Leading Lawyers. He has also been cited as one of the world's leading lawyers in Euromoney's Expert Guides to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers (U.K. publication). Duncan is also recommended for IT transactions and Outsourcing transactions in the 2012 British publication, PLC Which lawyer?, published by the UK based Practical Law Company. He is again cited as one of the top lawyers in the world in the independent, 2011 International Who's Who of Internet and E-Commerce Lawyers (U.K. publication), and 2013 was Duncan's 6th year of inclusion in Canadian Who's Who.

Duncan has provided internationally recognized leadership in many leading technology industry associations, including: the Centre For Outsourcing Research & Education (CORE), the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's E-Commerce and Telecommunications Committee; the Outsourcing Committee for the Canadian IT Law Association; the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A./Canada) (Co-Chair of LES' Software Committee); CIO Association of Canada; the CIO Summit Canada (for whom he frequently teaches IT transaction courses); the Advisory Board for E-Commerce Law Magazine; the Retail Council of Canada's E-Business Committee; the Toronto Computer Lawyers Group; and, the International Technology Law Association (U.S.). He founded the Technology Industry Committee of the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario and he was a Canadian correspondent for World e-Business Law Report in London, U.K. He is a member of: the Canadian Information Technology Law Association; both the American Bar Association's Science & Technology Law Section's "Homeland Security Committee", the "Internet Relationships and Cloud Computing Committee", and the International Law Section's "National Security Committee"; the International Bar Association's Computer Technology Law Committee; Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries; both the Canadian Nuclear Law Association and the International Nuclear Law Association; and, the Society for Computers and Law (UK). He was also a member of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Electronic Commerce Project.

Duncan is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada) and the Institute of Directors (UK), and has served as a director of several multinational corporations, including Warner Communications companies in Canada, GlobeNet Communications, Monroe Systems For Business Limited, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (Ontario), FinancialCAD Corporation, Auto21 Inc., Hitachi Data Systems Inc., and Capital G Limited, one of Bermuda's most prestigious financial services enterprises (where Duncan Chaired the Compensation Committee, 2003-2007). Duncan is also a past elected member of the Board of Trustees of Queen's University in Kingston (2000-2006), and he sits on various advisory boards, including NetClearly.com, Contego Data Systems Inc., Kenception Technology and CIO Summit. Duncan has provided advice to many Boards of Directors, Audit Committees, regulatory bodies, and executive managers (including CIOs and General Counsel) concerning all aspects of commercial technology transactions, including technology governance issues, outsourcing transactions risk management, and related security governance duties and obligations. Duncan graduated as Class Valedictorian and earned his professional independent director designation (ICD.D) from the Institute of Corporate Directors and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

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Matthew R. Olson of Bennett Jones Lawyers and Advisors Group

Matthew R. Olson

Associate Oil & Gas Exploration, Production and Service Company Corporate Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

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Matt Olson acts for oil and gas exploration and production companies, energy services companies, technology companies and investment banks. Matt practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, commercial transactions and securities law. He advises issuers and underwriters with respect to private and public equity and debt financings (both domestic and cross-border) and advises buyers and sellers with respect to private and public merger and acquisition transactions, including plans of arrangement, amalgamations, asset sales and corporate reorganizations. Matt also provides advice on various matters relating to continuous disclosure obligations, securities regulations and corporate governance.

Matt joined the firm as an associate after first articling with the firm.

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Bennett Jones Lawyers and Advisors Group: Martin P.J. Kratz QC, FCIPS

Partner, Trademark Agent, Head of Intellectual Property

Leading Canadian Intellectual Property and Technology Lawyer at Bennett Jones Calgary

Martin Kratz leads the intellectual property practice for Bennett Jones. He also leads the anti-spam practice and co-leads the ecommerce practice. His practice is focused in intellectual property and technology law, which includes substantive patent, copyright and trademark matters as well as matters of intellectual property transactions, IP commercialization, IP strategy and opinions, anti-spam, data protection, privacy, ecommerce, strategic alliances, mergers, acquisitions and technology transfers among technology companies. His practice is focused on the energy, electronic commerce, software, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, entertainment and related industries.

Martin continues to be internationally recognized as a leading lawyer. Among other recognition he is identified:

· as one of Canada’s most creative lawyers by Lexpert-Thomson in the US guide to Canada’s 100 Most Creative Lawyers;

· as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in each of the fields of intellectual property and technology law;

· ranked by Chambers and Partners for each of information technology law and intellectual property law;

· as an IP STAR by Managing Intellectual Property in each of the Patent and Copyright & Trademark handbooks;

· as one of Canada's leading cross-border lawyers in the Lexpert 2014 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada;

· as amoung the top patent lawyers in the world in the 2014 IAM Patent 1000, The World's Leading Patent Practitioners;

· as among the world's top 648 patent lawyers in The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers, 2013;

· listed by Who's Who Legal 2013 for Information Technology, Patents and Sports and Entertainment;

· as the exclusive winner of International Law Office / Lexology Client Choice Awards USA & Canada 2014 (national) for the Intellectual Property – Patents category;

· the winner of the International Law Office / Lexology ILO Client Choice Award (International) 2013;

· as a leading Internet and e-commerce lawyer in The International Who's Who of Internet & e-Commerce Lawyers by Who's Who Legal;

· as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in Woodward White’s The Best Lawyers in Canada for intellectual property law, technology law and information technology law;

· as a leading Internet and e-commerce lawyer in Who's Who Legal: Internet & e-Commerce;

· as highly recommended in technology law by the Practicing Law Institute;

· as a leading lawyer in Intellectual Property and Information Technology by Lawday;

· by Global 100 as 2014 Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year – Canada;

· as 2014 outsourcing Lawyer of the Year for Canada by Corporate Intl; and

· as a leading Canadian IP practitioner by winning the Corporate Intl Global Award, Intellectual Property Advisory Excellence in Canada.

Martin has written over 346 publications on various topics involving intellectual property, technology law or on related topics including the following books as sole or co-author: Canadian Anti-Spam Law, 2014; Canadian Internet Law, 2013; Anti-Spam Chapter of Electronic Commerce Law, 2013; Confidential Information Chapter of Director's Duties 2013; Outsourcing (Canada) 2012; IP&IT Handbook 2012/13: Volume 2: Data Protection – Canada; Licensing 2012 (Canadian Forms & Precedents), Electronic Commerce Law 2012; Canadian Intellectual Property Law, 2nd Ed., 2010; Trademarks and Industrial Designs, 2002 (Canadian Encyclopedic Digest); Internet Law: A Business and Professional Guide, 1998 (Canada's first Internet law text); Canadian Intellectual Property Law, 1998; Obtaining Patents, 2nd Edition, 1999 (1st Edition published 1995); Protection of Copyright and Industrial Design, 1999, 2nd Edition (1st Edition published 1994); Information Systems Security: A Practitioner’s Guide, 1994 (2nd Edition published 2003); The Computer Virus Crisis, 1992, 2nd Edition (1st Edition published 1989 and translated into Russian, Japanese and Dutch versions); and Control and Security of Computer Information Systems, 1988.

Martin is national co-director of Osgoode Hall Law School's Intellectual Property LLM program. Teaching or having taught courses in Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law and Internet Law at several law schools, Martin is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto) and at Concordia University College (Edmonton). At Osgoode Hall Law School (York University) Martin teaches, as lead national instructor, Intellectual Property Transactions and co-teaches Intellectual Property Theoretical Frameworks for the Intellectual Property LLM Program. He also teaches Intellectual Property Law for the Health Law LLM Program. He also acts as Regional Director of the E-Business LLM program.

Among other memberships, Martin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Science & Technology, Patent, Copyright & Trademark, Sports & Entertainment and International Sections, a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Information Processing Society. He was appointed to the Board of Governors of Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD) in July 2014 for a three-year term.

Select Experience

· Statoil Canada Ltd. in connection with acquisition by PTTEP Canada Limited of the remaining 60% ownership interest in the Thornbury, Hangingstone and South Leismer oil sands areas in exchange for Statoil’s 40% stake in the Leismer and Corner projects and approximately US$200 million in cash. Read more

· Members of the Sanjel Group, an international leader in innovative down hole well services, in connection with the acquisition of certain worldwide intellectual property and other assets from Sure Tech Tool Services Inc., a completions company, and also certain worldwide intellectual property and other assets from Noram Oil Services Inc. Read more

· Omstead Foods Limited, in connection with the divestment of its frozen vegetable and coated appetizer division to Bonduelle SA and its frozen fruit division to Silver Valley Farms.

Recent Recognitions

· 2015, WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals

Martin P.J. Kratz, recognized among the top 1000 Trademark professionals in Litigation and Enforcement

"Kratz is an all-round IP whiz who pens regular articles and chapters on IP and IT law in Canada."

· 2015, Expert Guides: Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers

Martin P.J. Kratz, recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of technology, media and telecommunications

· 2015, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada

Martin P.J. Kratz, recognized as a leading computer and IT lawyer

Recent Publications

· 6 Cloud Considerations For Tech Start-ups

· Data Hosting and Data Breaches

· How Privacy Laws In Canada Affect The Cloud

News & Events

· Patent Law in Light of The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

· Using Intellectual Property to Facilitate Clean Tech Commercialization

· Intellectual Property Challenges in the Digital Era in the 21st Century

Blog Posts

· Defending Enforcement Under CASL: Establishing Due Diligence

· First Steps if You Receive a CASL Enforcement Notice

· CASL Software Provisions now in Force

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"Yeah, just lean in and breathe close! I'll waft it over like a scientific person, I won't stick my nose in your mouth or anything."

That only really answered one of his questions, but Jamie shrugs.

"I’m still a mite confused about all this but, alright then, if you insist." With only a hint of hesitation he opens his mouth and gently breathes up towards Bennett. He’s not really short, but she’s so tall that she’s most likely going to have to lean down a bit to get a good whiff.

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