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Will Boyer

Bio

Will Boyer is the leader of Gowling WLG’s Intellectual Property Litigation and Strategy Group in Canada. This Group is ranked by Chambers as Band 1 for Intellectual Propety: Litigation. As part of this leadership role, Will looks for opportunities to grow the Group’s practice and also ensures that the Group stays up-to-date with relevant developments.

Will’s day-to-day practice is in IP litigation, with a focus on pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent litigation under Canada’s Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. As illustrated in his Representative Work below, Will regularly represents brand pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in high-stakes patent litigation, including in relation to EYLEA®, XARELTO®, HEMGENIX® STIVARGA®, ADEMPAS®, ICLUSIG®, among others. Will has represented clients in these cases in trials, appeals and administrative judicial review proceedings before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.

Will’s litigation expertise in this space includes patent-related Competition Act claims against brand pharmaceutical companies. For example, Will was counsel to the respondents in the first two Competition Act applications under the new expanded “abuse of dominance” provisions that allow private parties to commence such proceedings (Apotex v Takeda – CT-2023-007; JAMP v Janssen – CT-2024-006).

Will also assists clients with pharmaceutical regulatory issues, such as data protection, pricing for patented medicines, listing of patents on Health Canada's Patent Register, and obtaining certificates of supplementary protection.

In addition to Will’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology IP related expertise, Will has experience in enforcement and litigation regarding other types of patents as well as trademarks, copyright and trade secrets. Over the course of his career, Will has worked with a wide variety of clients, from large international companies to small and medium-sized companies across industries, including oil-and-gas, computer hardware and software, and sports equipment.

As a registered patent agent, Will relies on his understanding of the patent practice for strategic advantages in patent litigation cases.

Will credits his success in his legal career to working with a strong team at Gowling WLG.

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