Geoffrey Langen

Geoffrey Langen

Counsel, Intellectual Property

Contact Information

glangen@osler.com

tel: 613.787.1015

Office

Ottawa

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Areas of Expertise

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2006

Education

  • Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.
  • University of Regina, M.Sc. (Biology)
  • University of Regina, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Biochemistry)

Language(s)

English

Geoff practises intellectual property law with a focus on pharmaceutical patent litigation. He also has experience in trade-mark litigation and matters related to data protection under the Food and Drug Regulations.  Geoff has appeared as counsel before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. 

Before joining the firm, Geoff practised at a boutique law firm that specializes in intellectual property law. 

 

    • Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association in Canada (Minister of Health) v. Celgene Inc., 2013 FCA 43 Epicept Corporation v. Canada (Minister of Health), 2010 FC 956; 2011 FCA 209 Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association v. Canada (Minister of Health) (2009), 77 C.P.R. (4th) 407 (F.C.); (2010) 90 C.P.R. (4th) 225 (F.C.A.).
    • Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC in Takeda Canada Inc. v Canada (Minister of Health), 2015 FC 751 regarding the drug pantoprazole magnesium.
    • Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC in Amgen Canada Inc. v Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC, 2015 FC 1244 regarding the drug cinacalcet.

  • Managing Intellectual Property: Rising Star

  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Ontario Bar Association  

  • Howard, S.P., Gebhart, C., Langen, G.R., Li, G., and Strozen, T.G. (2006) Interactions between peptidoglycan and the ExeAB complex during assembly of the type II secretin of Aeromonas hydrophila. Molecular Microbiology 59: 1062-1072.
  • Strozen, T.G., Langen, G.R., and Howard, S.P. (2005) Adenylate cyclase mutations rescue the degP temperature-sensitive phenotype and induce the sigma E and Cpx extracytoplasmic stress regulons in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 187: 6309-6316.
  • Ast, V.M., Schoenhofen, I.C., Langen, G.R., Stratilo, C.W., Chamberlain, M.D., and Howard, S.P. (2002) Expression of the ExeAB complex of Aeromonas hydrophila is required for the localization and assembly of the ExeD secretion port multimer. Molecular Microbiology 44: 217-231.
  • Langen, G.R., Harper, J.R., Silhavy, T.J., and Howard, S.P. (2001) Absence of the outer membrane phospholipase A suppresses the degP temperature-sensitive phenotype of Escherichia coli degP mutants and induces the Cpx and sE extracytoplasmic stress responses. Journal of Bacteriology 183: 5230-5238.