Benjamin Mak
Partner - Lawyer, Patent & Trademark Agent
Tel: 416-865-3502
Email: bmak@ridoutmaybee.com
Office: Toronto
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Benjamin Mak is The Patent StorytellerTM. Many artificial intelligence (AI) companies can generate complex technologies that are confusing for others to understand. Benjamin assists AI companies in building their patent strategy that clearly tells the story of the invention to their stakeholders and to the Patent Offices. Please contact Benjamin for the white paper on AI patents.
Benjamin is a partner of Ridout & Maybee LLP in the firm’s Toronto office. His practice is principally directed towards patent drafting and prosecution, with an emphasis on the fields of AI/machine learning, Blockchain/crypto/Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Metaverse and extended realty (XR/AR/VR/MR), telecommunication, signal processing, biomedical, computer, and electrical.
Benjamin is a graduate of the biomedical-electrical engineering stream of the engineering science program at the University of Toronto. He previously worked as a research engineer at a Toronto area hospital, where he was involved in the development of medical imaging devices.
Benjamin has been recognized under the Lexpert: Leading Lawyers Under 40 Award and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Leading Lawyer (Intellectual Property).
- B.A.Sc. (Eng. Sci.), University of Toronto (2001)
- LL.B., University of Western Ontario (2005)
- Barrister & Solicitor, Province of Ontario (2006)
- Registered Patent Agent, Canada (2007)
- Registered Trademark Agent, Canada (2007)
- Registered Patent Agent, United States (2007)
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada – IPIC (Affiliate)
- Canadian Bar Association – CBA
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE
- Engineering in Medicine and Biology Toronto (Chair)
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Leading Lawyer (2020)
- Recipient of the 2019 Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 Award
New Government IP funding for Emerging Companies
Partner Benjamin Mak Presenting at SR&ED Webcast on March 25, 2021
Corum Group - Virtual Merge Briefing Seminar - January 28, 2021
Two Ridout & Maybee LLP partners ranked in the 2020 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Partner Benjamin Mak Awarded 2019 Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers under 40 Award
StartupTech Academy: Legal – IP Law & Tech
“Business Methods” patentable: Amazon.com update”
by Benjamin Mak, Matthew Norwood, Robert Wilkes and Paul Lomic
Legal Alert, February 2012
Benjamin E. Mak and Paul V. Lomic, “Business Methods can be patented”
Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), December 2010, Volume 29, No. 9.
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