Icons and automobiles

We represented luxury car manufacturer BMW in a trade-mark action over BMW's iconic "M" trade-marks. At trial, we obtained an injunction against Nissan's use of "M" and "M6" in association with its luxury vehicles. The decision was reversed on appeal.  
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Rankings and Recognition

Dimock Stratton and its lawyers have been repeatedly recognized both in Canada and internationally as leaders in intellectual property law:
  • 2010 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Canadian Patent Contentious category
  • 2010 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Canadian Trademark Contentious category
  • March 2010 Canadian Lawyer Magazine noted "Dimock Stratton gets the most and best IP cases because it has good lawyers".
  • 2009 Managing Intellectual Property Canadian Patent Contentious Firm of the Year
  • 2009 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Canadian Patent Contentious category
  • 2009 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Canadian Trademark/Copyright Contentious category
  • 2008 Managing Intellectual Property Canadian Patent Contentious Firm of the Year
  • 2008 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Canadian Trademark/Copyright Contentious category
  • 2007 Managing Intellectual Property Canadian Trademark/Copyright Firm of the Year
  • 2007 Managing Intellectual Property Top Tier firm in Trademark/Copyright Contentious and Patent categories
  • ranked in Chambers & Partners Chambers Global Guide to leading law firms and lawyers, described as a "first-choice IP boutique" and "one of the best outfits for patent litigation", and noted for our reputation in patent prosecution.
  • consistently listed as a "Most Frequently Recommended" intellectual property litigation firm by Lexpert, publisher of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
  • consistently listed as a "Consistently Recommended" intellectual property (prosecution) firm by Lexpert, publisher of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 
  • AV®Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell
  • highly recommended intellectual property firm in Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Directory
  • Ron Dimock: ranked as a "star" intellectual property litigation lawyer by Chambers & Partners; named the leading patent lawyer in Canada by Managing IP in its Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Experts; one of Lexpert's "Most Frequently Recommended" intellectual property litigators in Canada; called "one of the finest litigators" in Canada by Who's Who In Patents; named "Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year" for 2010 by The Best Lawyers; AV®Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell; certified as a specialist by the Law Society of Upper Canada in both Intellectual Property (Patent, Copyright, and Trade-Mark) Law and Civil Litigation; Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. 
  • Bruce Stratton: ranked as an intellectual property lawyer in Band 3 by Chambers & Partners; "Repeatedly Recommended" as an intellectual property litigator and practitioner by Lexpert; listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and Which Lawyer?; BV®Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell.
  • Mark Eisen: BV®Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell; Council member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, currently serving as Secretary
  • David Reive: named in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Biotechnology Law, 2007 through 2010; rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Henry Lue: rated BV®Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell

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