About Jennifer L. Wilkie

Pharmaceutical and chemical patents sit at the centre of Jennifer L. Wilkie's work, on the litigation side and the prosecution side alike. Jennifer is a partner with Gowling WLG in Ottawa and a registered patent agent, and the client roster has included companies such as Novartis, Merck, Janssen and Astellas.

Called to the Ontario bar in 1996 after law school at the University of Western Ontario, Jennifer now belongs to the firm's Patents, IP Litigation & Strategy and Life Sciences groups. Courtroom work takes Jennifer to the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Ontario courts. One drug patent dispute went as far as the Supreme Court of Canada, where Jennifer was part of the Gowling team acting for Schering Corporation.

Jennifer writes regularly on IP, with pharmaceutical patents the usual subject. Jennifer serves as an executive editor of the firm's PharmaFlash newsletter, edited issues of Pharmacapsules @ Gowlings in 2010 and 2011, and has co-written analyses of what the USMCA would mean for drug patents and of the Patent Act amendments in the federal COVID-19 Emergency Response Act.

The Best Lawyers in Canada has recognized Jennifer since 2015, and its 2027 edition names Jennifer for biotechnology and life sciences work as well as intellectual property law.

Practice areas

Intellectual Property

Patent litigation

Jennifer handles patent infringement and impeachment cases, along with judicial reviews, among them applications brought under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

Patent prosecution and portfolio strategy

As a patent agent, Jennifer prosecutes patents and advises clients on getting the strongest possible protection, managing a portfolio and enforcing it.

Pharmaceutical regulatory and listing advice

For pharmaceutical clients, Jennifer's advice reaches patent listing, innovative drug listing and life cycle management, plus what the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations and the PMPRB require.

Education & credentials

  • BSc (Hons.), Queen's University (1991)
  • LLB, University of Western Ontario (1994)
  • Called to the bar of Ontario (1996)
  • Patent Agent

Notable cases

  • Pharmascience Inc. v. Aventis Pharma Inc., et al., SCC File No. 33831

    Pharmascience sought leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal ruling in a Notice of Compliance dispute over a ramipril patent; Jennifer Wilkie was among Gowling WLG's counsel for the respondent Schering Corporation, and the court dismissed the leave application with costs to the respondents.

Decisions where Jennifer L. Wilkie appeared as counsel, from public court records. Past cases don't predict future results.

Awards & recognition

Publications & speaking

Memberships & affiliations

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