Katie Wang is a Canadian lawyer, Registered Patent Agent and Trade-mark Agent. She assists clients on intellectual property (IP) counselling, procurement, transactions and enforcement. Katie is involved in all aspects of patent portfolio management and advises clients on drafting, filing, prosecution and litigation strategies. Her practice in patent prosecution expands from pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical, biotech, cleantech, medical and mechanical devices, to Internet-related technology. She is experienced in conflict, protest, and re-examination proceedings. She regularly counsels clients on patent infringement, validity, patentability, and freedom-to-operate matters and provides IP due diligence services in pre-acquisition assessment. She has negotiated and drafted numerous licensing, R&D and technical consulting agreements.

As a Registered Trade-mark Agent, Katie also assists clients on the development and protection of their trademarks portfolios.

Katie is active in litigation matters on patents, trademarks, domain name and licensing disputes.  She is fluent in Mandarin and assists clients in IP matters relating to China.

Katie studied physical and organic chemistry before pursuing her legal career. She has in-depth research experience and several publications. She is the Co-Chair of LES’s “Women In Licensing Ottawa” (WILO) Chapter and is actively involved in the Far East and Chemical Practice Committees of AIPLA, the IP Asset Management Committee of FICPI, and the Licensing Committee of IPIC.