Richard Mar’s practice focuses on all aspects of acquisition, transfer and protection of intellectual property rights.
Richard assists clients with patentability and infringement opinions, drafting licensing agreements, and enforcing intellectual property rights. He has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications and developing a global patent filing strategy for clients. He has drafted hundreds of patent applications for clients ranging from sole inventors to large multinational corporations with well-established patent programs. He also has experience in assisting clients with enforcement of their intellectual property rights in Canada and internationally.
Richard is an active member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). He is an instructor for IPIC’s Patent Agent Training Course. In addition, he is presently the chair of the Young Practitioner’s Committee where he oversees multiple subcommittees to further the mandate of the committee by providing networking opportunities, professional development webinars, and establishing outreach programs to raise awareness of IP to students and young practitioners.
Richard is admitted to the bar in British Columbia, Ontario and New York and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association.