Richard Mar

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ABOUT RICHARD MAR

I am currently a lawyer and registered patent (Canada and US) and trade-mark agent at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP. My practice focuses on all aspects of acquisition, transfer and protection of intellectual property rights. I assist clients with patentability and infringement opinions, drafting licensing agreements, and enforcing intellectual property rights. I have extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications and developing a global patent filing strategy for clients in a wide variety of technology areas including computer software and hardware, artificial intelligence, ‎financial technologies (business methods/blockchain), virtualization technology, electrical products and ‎integrated circuits, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and processes, medical devices, and ‎mechanical fields. I have drafted hundreds of patent applications for clients ranging from sole inventors to large multinational corporations with well established patent programs. I also have experience in assisting clients with enforcement of their intellectual property rights in Canada and internationally. Prior to beginning my legal career, I was a researcher at a leading Canadian university developing semiconductor materials for energy storage and generation applications and completed a Masters of Science at another Canadian university.Specialties: I have experience working in all aspects of intellectual property law, including trademarks, copyright and patents.