Clare McCurley is an associate of the firm. She practises intellectual property law with an emphasis on biotechnology and health sciences.

E-mail: cmccurley@dww.com
Telephone: 416-941-9065

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Practice Areas

Clare practises intellectual property law with an emphasis on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and health sciences. She specializes in patent drafting and prosecution covering a broad range of subject areas, and also has experience in trade-mark prosecution, intellectual property litigation, as well as proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
• Member of the Toronto Intellectual Property Group
• Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Editorial Board of IPIC’s Canadian Intellectual Property Review

Qualifications

• Admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 2004
• Registered Canadian patent agent
• LL.B., University of Calgary
• M.Sc. (Zoology), University of Western Ontario
• Honours B.Sc. (Biology), Queen’s University

Seminars and Publications

• Fundamentals of Canadian Regulatory Affairs, 3rd Ed. (2011) Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society: Chapter 17, “Patented Medicines and Notice of Compliance Regulations”
• McCurley, C. et al., “Quantitative comparison of the microvasculature of primary lung lesions and metastatic brain tumours”, J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol, Vol. 30(2), pp.257-269, April 1998.
• Regular contributor to E-TIPS (since 2003)
• Regular contributor the Canadian Bar Association’s IP Section Quarterly Case Summaries (since 2007)