IP Advisory Panel

The IP Advisory Panel plays a critical role in advising IPON on policies and programs that enhance the protection, management and commercialization of “Ontario-made” research and innovation. Specifically, the Panel provides independent, expert and sector-specific advice on the IP service needs of Ontario entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses; the types of services IPON will provide and how it will provide them; and which entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses would benefit the most from these services.


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IP Advisory Panel

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  • Recognized as one of the world’s leading IP strategists as an IAM 300 IP Strategist, Brar joins the IP Advisory Panel with over 15 years of experience working alongside startups and growth companies in the MedTech, healthcare, and technology industries leading patent portfolio development, strategic licensing, and general legal and governance matters.

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminderbrar/

Jasminder Brar

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  • Specializing in IP strategy, patent and trademark litigation with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector, and patent and trademark prosecution, Bremner joins the IP Advisory Panel with over 25 years of experience in both private practice and in-house positions serving the biotech sphere.

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-bremner-90104625/

Paula Bremner

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  • Having served as IBM’s Chief Trademark Counsel for over a decade, as well as in several other IP legal executive roles leading teams supporting IBM’s software and AI technologies and patent licensing, Hoicka brings over 35 years of IP management and commercialization experience to the IP Advisory Panel.

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonora-hoicka-014b10a/

Leonora Hoicka