Our Firm
Ridout & Maybee LLP was a full-service Canadian IP firm with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Burlington serving clients across the country and internationally. As a leading protector of intellectual property in Canada since 1893, our firm filed an average of 3,000 patent and 1,000 trademark applications per year. We were one of the country’s longest successfully operating IP firms.
Our History
Our co-founder, John G. Ridout, was author of the first Canadian textbooks on patents, Ridout on Patents, published in 1894. J. Edward Maybee was the first President of what is today the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and six Ridout & Maybee LLP partners have held this title over the years.
On September 29, 2023, Smart & Biggar acquired Ridout & Maybee. Ridout & Maybee now operate as one firm under the Smart & Biggar brand.