Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Jennifer Jannuska and Omar Nassif as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Both are based in the Toronto office.

Jannuska joins Gowling WLG from Deeth Williams Wall LLP, and Nassif rejoins the firm from Gilberts LLP. Nassif returns to the firm after having previously served for more than two decades as a partner.

Jennifer Jannuska

A registered Canadian patent agent and lawyer, Jennifer Jannuska has extensive experience prosecuting and enforcing difficult and non-traditional patents and industrial designs — including patents for business method and software inventions, and industrial designs for physical and virtual interfaces. She is particularly skilled with respect to inventions straddling the line between patents and designs. Her practice encompasses household goods, food and beverage, fashion and jewellery, commercial displays, computer games, automotive parts, packaging and tools, among other areas.

Omar Nassif

Omar Nassif is a registered Canadian and US patent agent with over 30 years of experience. He has a widespread background prosecuting patent applications, both domestically and globally, across a range of industry sectors — including life sciences, water treatment, agriculture, urethane chemistry and natural resources. He complements his practice with significant experience drafting freedom-to-operate and validity opinions, negotiating and drafting IP license agreements, and advising on patent litigation matters.

“Jennifer and Omar come to the firm with sophisticated technical knowledge spanning an array of established and burgeoning sectors,” said Mark Ledwell, managing partner of Gowling WLG’s Toronto office. “As our firm continues to expand upon its reputation as one of the world’s leading providers of IP solutions, we look forward to them working with our global team to maximize our clients’ intangible assets, at home and abroad.”

About Gowling WLG’s IP Group

With unmatched expertise in patents, trademarks, brands and designs, advertising, IP litigation and more, Gowling WLG’s global IP team has been winning cases for clients around the world for more than 125 years. With one of the largest and most highly regarded IP practices in Canada, leading practices in the UK and Russia, expert teams in Germany, China and Dubai, and a global network of IP associates, Gowling WLG’s international IP practice helps businesses succeed in jurisdictions across every continent. Learn more