Christopher David Heer

Christopher entered the field of intellectual property law with a desire to help others obtain and use intellectual property rights to help their businesses succeed. He believes intellectual property rights add value to businesses by enabling them to raise capital, build asset value, and grow faster under the protection that these exclusive rights give them.

Building a bigger business gives them a greater ability to reach more potential customers, which ultimately gets their products and services to more people to enhance their lives as well.

As an intellectual property lawyer, Christopher practices in all areas of intellectual property law and intellectual property litigation, with emphasis on intellectual property litigation, patent drafting and prosecution and intellectual property matters relating to information technology. In recognition of his specialty expertise in patent law, he is designated by the Law Society of Ontario as a Certified Specialist (Intellectual Property Law: Patent).

Christopher is well-versed as a patent litigator and has acted for plaintiffs and defendants in patent disputes involving diverse technologies, such as wireless e-mail, robotics, hydrocarbon fracturing, plunger lift equipment, temporary road mats, and pharmaceuticals.

In a multi-million-dollar patent lawsuit in the oil and gas sector, he obtained admissions during cross-examination of the plaintiff which led to the granting of summary judgment for the defendants, sparing his clients the time, expense and risk involved in proceeding to trial.

As part of his intellectual property litigation practice, he helps businesses involved in pre-litigation disputes by sending and responding to cease and desist or demand letters and negotiating settlements of the disputes before litigation is commenced.