The Honourable Roger T. Hughes (born on September 16, 1941, in Montreal, Quebec) is a current Judge of the Federal Court of Canada.Roger T. Hughes, Q.C., obtained his LL.B. at the University of Toronto in 1966 and is called to the Bar in both Ontario and Alberta. Prior to his appointment to the Federal Court of Canada in June 2005, Justice Hughes practiced law in Toronto as an Associate and Partner at Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay and Sim & McBurney. He also did a brief stint at Bennett Jones LLP where he represented Monsanto in Monsanto v. Schmeiser. He served as past President of the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada and Director of the Advocates' Society, and authors a variety of intellectual property treatises.