Intellectual Property

Intellectual properties can have enormous value – patents because they protect inventions, trademarks because they protect brands, and copyright for protection of software and artistic works. Growing companies often underestimate the value of proper IP protection or fail to recognize the need to review and update their protection as their business change. This is particularly true as business interests reach into other provinces or countries.

Careful ongoing management of intellectual property is a key component of the success of all high growth businesses. However, intellectual properties are very different from conventional tangible properties: the rules are complex and not well understood; intellectual property rights are often difficult and expensive to acquire yet they are easy to lose and sometimes difficult to enforce. Expert strategic and legal advice is required.

Neglected, or poorly managed, intellectual property rights can seriously damage business viability and can, in some cases, be catastrophic. On the other hand, a well planed and executed IP strategy can significantly increase the value of your business and allow you to act confidently in your current and planned marketplaces.

As experienced market and business strategists we have teamed with Miltons LLP, a Canadian legal firm with solid experience in leveraging global IP protection laws, to help guide you through the world of IP. We advise you on what to protect, where to protect it and when. We help you to get the best return on your company’s intellectual property.

Canadian IP Law for Dummies

Discover how to understand the patent process, protect your brand with trademarks, look after your creation through copyright and industrial designs, enforce your IP rights, commercialize your IP through sales/licensing, and dispel common IP misconceptions.

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