Gurbir Sidhu

Lawyer at Smart & Biggar

Speaker

Gurbir is an intellectual property lawyer with proficiency in building strong IP portfolios for scaling companies, covering trademark, data, and patent protection.
His patent focus includes drafting and prosecution, with a skillset in evolving subject matter standards in the high-tech space, to help inventors build robust, revenue-generating global IP portfolios. He draws on his background and industry experience in computer science engineering, with a specialization in AI/ML, sensor systems, computer vision, robotics, software, cybersecurity, digital forensics, ed-tech, and NFTs. A licensed lawyer in Ontario, Canada, and a member of the Bar Council of India, Gurbir brings a valuable cross-jurisdictional perspective to his practice. His strategic IP work focuses on helping companies identify, protect, and commercialize their IP through IP landscaping, patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions, infringement and validity analysis, identifying market use, and claim chart development,