Deep science. Sharp law. Total protection.
FILFIL IP is the boutique firm where a physicist-turned-IP-attorney personally turns your inventions and brands into assets nobody can touch — in Canada, the United States and everywhere your market goes.
Book a Consultation Explore Our ServicesScientist first. Lawyer second. Your advantage always.
Most firms hand your file to whoever is free. Here, every file lands on the principal’s desk — a published researcher, a named inventor, and a lawyer who has practiced IP on three continents. That’s not a tier of service. It’s the only tier.
Deep Technical Roots
Advanced degrees in physics and mathematics, satellite radar research on RADARSAT‑2, and defence R&D innovations patented in Canada.
Global Experience
Over 20 years in IP law at top-tier Canadian firms and international practices, managing portfolios and agent networks across every major jurisdiction.
Dual Registration
Registered patent agent in Canada and the United States, registered Canadian trademark agent, and lawyer called to the Ontario Bar.
Internationally Ranked
A patent star in the IAM Patent 1000 eight years running, and a WTR 1000 trademark expert every year since 2021.
Everything IP. One desk.
Sole inventor or multinational, start-up or research institution — we protect what you create, then help you make it pay.
Patents
Patentability assessments, drafting, and prosecution in Canada, the US and worldwide — across AI, software, telecom, photonics, medical devices and more.
Learn more →Trademarks & Brand Protection
Clearance searches, filing and prosecution through to registration, plus global brand portfolio strategy, oppositions and anti-counterfeiting.
Learn more →Industrial Designs
Protection for the visual appearance of your products, from application through registration and international portfolio building.
Learn more →IP Strategy & Portfolios
IP audits, due diligence, internal IP policies and portfolio structuring that align protection with your business objectives.
Learn more →Licensing & Transactions
Negotiating and drafting licensing agreements, commercialization strategy, and leveraging IP for market penetration and revenue.
Learn more →Enforcement & Disputes
Oppositions, cancellations, infringement and validity opinions, and coordinated anti-counterfeiting across international markets.
Learn more →Inventions win markets. Brands keep them.
Half of intellectual property is what you make; the other half is the name customers trust. FILFIL IP builds and defends global trademark portfolios with the same rigor we bring to patents — recognized in the WTR 1000 as a trademark expert every year since 2021.
Protect Your BrandWe speak your technology’s language
From artificial intelligence to satellite radar, our practice is grounded in real research and engineering experience — not just legal theory.
You’ve built something worth protecting
Tell us what you’re building. We’ll tell you exactly how to protect it — clearly, quickly and with a strategy built around your business, not our billing.
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