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Warren Sprigings has practiced exclusively in the area of intellectual property since his call to the Ontario Bar.  He has acted as counsel in matters before the Trade-Marks Opposition Board, the Ontario Court, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.  Mr. Sprigings is a registered Canadian Patent and Trade-mark Agent. He is also a registered U.S. Patent Agent. His experience includes drafting and prosecuting patent and trade-mark applications.

Mr. Sprigings has written a number of articles and given several presentations on licensing, including co-authoring an extensive report on the licensing provisions of the Trade-marks Act.  He also wrote an in-depth article on the intellectual property implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which was published in 1994. In 2003, as Chairman of the Licensing Committee, Mr. Sprigings co-authored a report on Intellectual Property Licensing Issues in Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

He is a member of the Canadian group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). From 1994 to 2003, he was the Chair of the Licensing Committee of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). In 2003, as Chair of the Licensing Committee and on behalf of IPIC, Mr. Sprigings presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce proposed amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to address intellectual property issues.

Mr. Sprigings is an electrical engineer, graduating magna cum laude from the University of Ottawa.   Prior to forming this firm, he practiced with a large Toronto-based law firm.