Lawyer Profile
Ryan Sheahan
Ottawa, Ontario
Overview
Ryan Sheahan is Counsel and a registered patent agent in the Intellectual Property and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Groups. Ryan practices regulatory and intellectual property law with a focus on life science matters, including matters related to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, natural health products, medical cannabis, food, pesticides, fertilizers, pharmacies, healthcare clinics and cosmetics.
Ryan regularly counsels clients in connection with the acquisition and protection of intellectual property rights. His intellectual property practice has an emphasis on patent law, including drafting and prosecution, licensing and advising on patentability, infringement and validity. Ryan's litigation practice focuses primarily on patent matters, including Notice of Compliance prohibition proceedings.
Ryan has extensive experience advising clients on a broad spectrum of compliance, commercial and transactional issues, particularly in relation to life sciences, food, drug, medical device, natural health product and medical cannabis industries, including: advising with respect to product authorizations, licensing, inspections, labeling, marketing and advertising, pricing, formulary listings, and clinical trials; negotiating and drafting of commercial agreements including wholesale, supply, distribution, technology transfer, licenses, quality agreements, product listing agreements (including assisting with listing on provincial drug formularies), clinical trial research agreements, research and development agreements and material transfer agreements; and providing detailed regulatory advice in respect of regulated products and regulated entities.
Ryan is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the County of Carleton Law Association, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Ryan has researched with the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre and McMaster University.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2006 (ON)