Manage and commercialize your intellectual property
Tools and resources to help businesses leverage intellectual property (IP).
IP strategy
Build an intellectual property strategy
Understand the main steps to build an IP strategy.
IP strategy self-assessment tool
Generate a tailored guide with information on what to consider when developing your IP strategy.
Plan for success – IP strategy explained
Learn the importance of effectively managing your IP assets and the steps involved in building your own IP strategy.
Protect IP
Protect new ideas and creations
Identify and capture new IP as it is being created.
Prove who owns new ideas and creations
Ensure IP ownership is defined as IP is being created.
Get new intellectual property rights in Canada
Find where and how to get new IP rights.
Protect IP outside Canada
Learn what a business can do to manage its IP abroad.
Maintain a list of intellectual property
Create and maintain an inventory of IP rights.
Commercialization
Intellectual property in the marketplace
Assess the opportunities and decide how to take your idea to the market
Turning ideas into money – Commercialize your IP
Learn about the important steps involved in commercializing your IP, the skills needed and the different avenues for converting IP assets into a revenue source.
Stopping infringement
Stopping intellectual property infringement
Understand the options and how to prepare to enforce your IP rights.