Dino P. Clarizio

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Dino Clarizio is a Partner and Senior Litigation Counsel of Ridout & Maybee LLP in the firm’s Toronto Office. Dino’s work includes all aspects of intellectual property litigation with a focus on patent litigation, in particular in the chemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical areas.

Dino has been practising exclusively in the field of intellectual property law since being called to the Ontario bar in 1991. Dino has acted as counsel in IP litigation for a variety of different clients, from sole inventors to Fortune 50 companies. He has extensive litigation experience involving all aspects of patent law in Canada, including the law relating to claim construction and infringement, anticipation, obviousness, utility, and overbreadth/insufficient disclosure. Dino’s cases have also involved trademark issues such as confusion, the doctrine of functionality in trademark law and survey evidence, as well as copyright infringement.

Dino is also a registered patent agent in both Canada and the U.S., and a registered trademark agent in Canada. He was awarded the prize for the top overall marks in the Canadian patent agent qualifying examinations in 1993. In addition to his litigation practice, Dino has also had a patent prosecution practice spanning all kinds of technologies, with an emphasis on patenting in the chemical and biotech industries.

Dino is the co-author of two of the main patent textbooks in Canada, and of an annual consolidation of Canada’s patent laws and regulations. He is also a frequent author and speaker on Intellectual Property law, and is involved with the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, sitting on several committees and presenting at various conferences and seminars. For many years Dino has served as a tutor for the annual patent agent exams.

Outside of work, Dino enjoys tennis, golf, boating at his cottage and photography.