Richard Naiberg

Richard Naiberg is a partner in the Litigation Group at Goodmans.
For more than 25 years, Richard’s practice has primarily been focused on intellectual property law and litigation. Richard has very extensive experience in patent, trademark, copyright and industrial design litigation across a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cannabis, computing and software, power systems, mining, financial services, music publishing, television and film production, magazine publishing, apparel marketing, beer and wine, restaurants and packaged goods.
Richard has been counsel on many landmark intellectual property cases, particularly before CIPO, in the Federal Court (including the Federal Court of Appeal) and on multiple occasions in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Richard also specializes in intellectual property portfolio management and due diligence and has extensive experience in developing strategies for the development, acquisition, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property of all types, as well as organizing defensive strategies for companies both in anticipation of and in response to allegations of infringement. Richard also provides regulatory advice in respect of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.