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Ingrid E. VanderElst

Partner 

Ingrid VanderElst
Direct:
416.865.7660    
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Fax:
416.865.7380 
 
  
 

Ingrid has her PhD in genetics and is recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer.

Practice

Ingrid VanderElst is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group and a member of the Competition and Antitrust Group. Her practice focuses on food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device matters. Ingrid advises on intellectual property issues, including licensing and transfer of patents and trademarks, patent and trademark prosecution and protection of confidential information, and on product manufacturing, advertising, marketing and distribution, including Competition Act compliance, GMP compliance and establishment licensing, product licensing, packaging and labeling, drug pricing and formulary listing. She also provides guidance on health privacy issues in connection with clinical trials and sponsored research. In addition, Ingrid works with clients who invest in biotechnology companies, providing guidance in the evaluation of technology and intellectual property portfolios. Her scientific endeavors included the development of anti-metastatic chemotherapeutics and the study of gene regulation during oncogenesis.

Ingrid is a registered trademark agent.

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Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2000

Education

LLB, 1998
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

PhD (Genetics), 1997
University of Perugia

MSc (Medical Genetics), 1990
University of Toronto

BSc (Genetics, Honours, Gold Medallist), 1986
University of Western Ontario