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Karen Townsend

Associate 

Karen Townsend
Direct:
416.865.7387   
Office:

 
Fax:
416.865.7380 
 
 
 

Karen is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice and has her PhD in pharmacology and toxicology.

Practice

Karen Townsend’s practice focuses on intellectual property matters. She has substantial experience in drafting, filing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and chemistry. Karen also has significant expertise in drafting patentability, validity, infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions, as well as advising clients on establishing and improving their patent portfolios.

Karen is a registered patent agent in the United States.

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Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2007

Education

LLB, 2006
University of Western Ontario

Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology), 1997
Dartmouth Medical School

BSc (Chemistry, Honours, cum laude), 1992
Bates College