Are You Ready to Make Your Intellectual Property Your Most Valuable Asset?
We help businesses reach their full potential through effective acquisition, management, use and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Our services will help you protect and develop your intellectual property into highly valuable business and financial assets. When your intellectual property rights are infringed, we help you stop the infringer and obtain monetary compensation for the infringements. And if you are alleged to infringe, we help you defend and counter the allegations.
Our IP law firm was founded by Christopher Heer, who is a Canadian intellectual property
lawyer, a registered patent agent and registered trademark agent in Canada and the United
States. He is noted for excellence in advising on intellectual property matters relating to
information technology and is a patent lawyer designated by the Law Society of Ontario as a
certified specialist in patent law. He and our team of highly qualified lawyers and agents are here to help
you with all of your intellectual property needs.Investing in your intellectual property is an investment in your success. Schedule an initial telephone appointment to let us help you turn your ideas into assets!
We assess the patentability of new innovations, prepare and file patent applications, and advise on patent strategy and infringement issues. More about our Patent services »
We help you determine if trademarks are available to adopt and use and help you obtain trademark protection in Canada and abroad. More about our Trademark services »
We help you stop your competitors from infringing your intellectual property rights as well as defeat infringement claims made against you. More about our IP Litigation services »
We advise on all types of copyright issues and have the requisite technical expertise to analyze software and other digital works. More about our Copyright services »
We identify protectable designs and obtain design protection in Canada, the United States and elsewhere around the world. More about our Industrial Design services »
We draft and advise on assignments and licences of intellectual property rights, as well as joint ownership and non-disclosure agreements. More about our IP Agreement services »
Updates
Benchmark Litigation Canada 2026
April 29, 2026 - Georgina Danzig has been listed as a Litigation Star for Intellectual Property in Ontario and Canada in the 2026 edition of Benchmark Canada.
2025 Toronto's Top Lawyers List
April 2, 2026 - Christopher Heer is one of 11 lawyers listed as one of Toronto's Top Lawyers in Intellectual Property in Post City Magazines' Streets of Toronto guide.
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2026
March 26, 2026 - Heer Law has been ranked as Repeatedly Recommended in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Intellectual Property for 2026. Stephanie Chong is Consistently Recommended for Intellectual Property.
Recent Work
Representing a plaintiff in trade secret litigation relating to gift card displays
Representing a plaintiff in patent litigation relating to preparing burnt meat
Preparing, filing and prosecuting United States, Canadian and PCT patent applications relating to quantum computing, neural networks, computer vision, secure financial transactions, encryption, language processing, circuits, building-integrated solar technologies, and health care products
Preparing, filing and prosecuting Canadian trademark applications relating to goods and services in health and wellness, cannabis, building, design and construction, mobile and cloud-based software, educational products, wedding and baby, fintech, gourmet foods, clothing, oil, gas and mining
