Kavita Ramamoorthy

Biography

Kavita Ramamoorthy practises in all areas of intellectual property with a particular focus on pharmaceutical patent litigation including patent listing, validity and infringement cases. She has extensive experience with proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations and has appeared before the Federal Court of Canada representing various innovative pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Ramamoorthy has also advised on and managed the prosecution of patent applications in foreign jurisdictions in association with foreign associates and prepared and prosecuted trade-mark applications in Canada.

Her doctoral research, for which she was awarded the Hoffman-LaRoche Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Fellowship, focused on the estrogenic activity of various man-made organochlorines such as PCBs, dioxin and pesticides.

Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Dr. Ramamoorthy practised at a leading intellectual property boutique.

Year of Call

• Quebec Bar (temporary permit) 2009
• Ontario Bar 2003

Year of Registration

• Canada (patents) 2007
• Canada (trade-marks) 2004

Law School

• LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 2002

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Toxicology, Texas A&M University, 1999
• B.Sc., Pharmacology, University of Alberta, 1995

Publications

• "Federal Court Decision on Maintenance Fees and Equity," Information bulletin, Ogilvy Renault, June 2008.
• "If at First You Don't Succeed...," Information bulletin, Ogilvy Renault, October 2006.
• "Potency of combined estrogenic pesticides," (co-authors: F. Wang, I. Chen, S. Safe, J. Norris, D. McDonnell, K. Gaido, W. Bocchinfuso and K. Korach), Science, 275:405-406, 1997.
• "3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl exhibits antiestrogenic and antitumorigenic activity in the rodent uterus and mammary cells and in human breast cancer," (co-authors: M. Gupta, G. Sun, A. McDougal and S. Safe), Carcinogenesis, 20:115-123, 1999.

Speaking Engagements

• "The Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations - An Overview," patent law course, University of Western Ontario Law School, January 11, 2010.
• "Intellectual Property Law and the Pharmaceutical Industry" (with Jordana Sanft and Jung-Kay Chiu), Pharmaceutical Sciences Group, June 10, 2009.
• "The Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations - An Overview," patent law course, University of Western Ontario Law School, January 21, 2009.
• "Patent Law and the Food and Drug Regulations," (with Jason Markwell), Regulatory Affairs for Industry Program, Humber College, November 21, 2007.
• "The Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations - An Overview," Introduction to Intellectual Property course, University of Western Ontario Law School, September 26, 2006. 
  

Rankings and Recognitions

• Lexology Legal Writing Award 2010:  Author of the Year - Healthcare 

Memberships and Activities

• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
• Canadian Bar Association
• Executive Committee, Toronto Intellectual Property Group