Intellectual property - Client work

• Semtech to buy Canadian chip maker Gennum for C$500-million Counsel to Semtech Corporation in connection with its C$500 million acquisition of Gennum Corporation by way of plan of arrangement January 23, 2012
• Enobia Pharma to be acquired by Alexion for US$1.08 billion Co-counsel to Enobia Pharma in connection with the negotiation and execution of a Merger Agreement with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, whereby all of the stock of Enobi... December 28, 2011
• Nortel closes sale of patent portfolio for US$4.5 billion Counsel to Nortel in the unprecedented US$4.5 billion sale of its patent portfolio July 29, 2011
• Quebecor Media acquires Les Hebdos Montérégiens On February 3, 2011, Quebecor Media Inc., a leading media player in Canada, acquired, through its subsidiary Sun Media Corporation, the Les Hebdos Montérégiens we... February 3, 2011
• License and supply agreement between Valeant Canada and Accel Pharma On November 29, 2010, Valeant Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., entered into a License and Supply Agreement with Accel P... November 29, 2010
• Cell Biosciences Acquires Convergent Biosciences Services On October 19th, 2010, Cell Biosciences Inc. (Cell Bio), a private life sciences company focused on protein analysis, purchased Convergent Biosciences Inc. (Conve... October 19, 2010
• McKesson Canada Corporation acquires the business of PDI Group of Companies and Specialized Health Care Corporation On July 30 , 2010, an affiliate of McKesson Canada Corporation, the leading provider of logistics services, software applications and automation solutions within ... July 30, 2010
• Sverica International acquires Syscon Justice Systems On July 7, 2010, a subsidiary of Sverica International, a leading private equity firm with over $425 million of assets under management, acquired Syscon Justice S... July 28, 2010
• Kadant Canada acquires Filtration Fibrewall and certain assets of services techniques HDS On July 16, 2010, Kadant Canada Corp., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., acquired Filtration Fibrewall Inc., a Canada-based supplier of pressure screen baskets, and a ... July 16, 2010
• Take-private bid for Logibec Groupe Informatique On July 16, 2010, Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltée (TSX: LGI) ("Logibec") and OMERS Private Equity Inc. ("OPE") jointly announced that 8,896,520 common shares of... July 16, 2010
• Yellow Media Inc. Acquires Canpages On June 23, 2010, Yellow Media Inc. closed its acquisition of Canadian Phone Directories Holdings Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Canpages Inc. (Canpages), a... June 23, 2010
• Valeant and Biovail agree to merge On June 21, 2010, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX), a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a br... June 21, 2010
• Nortel completes sale of its carrier VoIP & applications solutions business to GENBAND On December 22, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries entered into an as... May 28, 2010
• Tekelec acquires Blueslice Networks On May 5, 2010, Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), the North Carolina-based session and mobile data management company, announced its acquisition of all the issued and outst... May 5, 2010
• Kiacta Sàrl to acquire and license Kiacta(TM) from Bellus Health On April 29, 2010, Kiacta Sàrl, an affiliate of Celtic Therapeutics, (the Buyer) signed a final agreement with Bellus Health Inc. and Bellus Health International ... April 29, 2010
• Yellow Media inc. acquires Canpages On March 29, 2010, Yellow Media Inc., a subsidiary of Yellow Pages Income Fund and member of the Yellow Pages Group (YPG) reached a definitive agreement to acquir... March 29, 2010
• Nortel completes sale of Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Business to Ciena Corporation On November 24, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries concluded a succes... March 19, 2010
• NStein Technologies to be acquired by Open Text On February 22, 2010, NStein Technologies Inc. (TSXV: EIN), a Montreal-based technology firm developing next-generation, multilingual content management solutions... February 22, 2010
• Trillium Therapeutics and Biogen Idec Enter into Global Licensing Agreement On January 12, 2010, Trillium Therapeutics Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company specializing in innovative therapies of immune-mediated conditions... January 12, 2010
• Nortel completes the sale of its Enterprise Solutions Unit to Avaya On December 18, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation, Nortel Networks Limited, Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks UK Limited and their related entities completed December 18, 2009
• Pfizer wins order preventing genericization of its ophthalmic drug XALATAN® On December 18, 2009, the Federal Court of Canada ruled in favour of Pfizer Canada Inc. and against Pharmascience Inc. in a case raising complex issues of patent ... December 18, 2009
• Groupe Aeroplan Acquires Carlson Marketing On December 7, 2009, Groupe Aeroplan Inc., a leading international loyalty management corporation, acquired, from Carlson Companies, Inc., Carlson Marketing World... December 7, 2009
• Acklands-Grainger acquires the K&D Pratt industrial division Effective November 28, 2009, Acklands-Grainger Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of W.W. Grainger Inc., North America's leading industrial distributor, acquired the... November 28, 2009
• Nortel selects Ciena as successful bidder for optical networking and carrier ethernet business On November 24, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries concluded a succes... November 24, 2009
• The Code Project acquires Lake Quincy Media On November 16, 2009 The Code Project Inc., a leading independent community web site for software developers, announced that it had acquired Lake Quincy Media, a ... November 16, 2009
• Warner Chilcott acquires Procter & Gamble's worldwide pharmaceutical business for US$3.1 billion On October 30, 2009, Warner Chilcott plc (WC), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the women's health care and dermatology segment, acquired Pro... October 30, 2009
• Nortel selects Avaya as successful bidder for Enterprise Solutions Unit On July 20, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation announced that its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries had ente... September 14, 2009
• Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma agrees to purchase Sepracor On September 3, 2009, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., one of the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies in Japan, agreed to purchase U.S.-based Sepracor Inc. by... September 3, 2009
• Canpages acquires Gigpark On August 13, 2009, Canpages Inc. ("Canpages") completed the acquisition of all of the operating assets of GigPark Inc. The purchase price was satisfied by the is... August 13, 2009
• Nortel selects Ericsson as successful bidder for purchase of CDMA business and LTE access assets for US$1.13 billion On July 24, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries concluded a successful... July 24, 2009
• License, Development and Supply Agreement between Bioniche Life Sciences, Bioniche Urology and Endo Pharmaceuticals On July 9, 2009, Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. the publicly listed Canadian biopharmaceutical company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Bioniche Urology Inc. (collect... July 9, 2009
• Nortel networks enters into stalking horse agreement to sell CDMA business and LTE assets to Nokia Siemens networks On June 19, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation announced that it, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited and certain of their subsidiaries had ... June 19, 2009
• Merck Frosst wins Federal Court Appeal decision against Apotex under section 8 of the PM(NOC) regulations On June 4, the Federal Court of Appeal released its judgment in Apotex Inc. v. Merck Frosst. June 4, 2009
• Strategic collaboration between Haemacure and Angiotech On June 3, 2009, Haemacure Corporation, a Montreal-based specialty bio-therapeutics company and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical... June 3, 2009
• Cirque du Soleil in new partnership with Dubai World Ogilvy Renault was proud to act for Cirque du Soleil in the acquisition of a 20% stake by Istithmar World and Nakheel, units of Dubai World. Cirque du Soleil and ... August 19, 2008
• Freeworld Coatings purchases worldwide rights to biodegradable coating removal products On July 28, 2008 Freeworld Coatings Global (Pty) Ltd. (JSE:FWD) (Freeworld) purchased the worldwide rights to environmentally-friendly biodegradable coating removal July 28, 2008