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Directory – Key intellectual property resources

Types of intellectual property

Copyright
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Learn about, search or apply for registration for copyright for literary, artistic, dramatic and musical creations.
Industrial Designs
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Learn about and search for industrial designs or apply for registration to protect the original visual features of a product.
Integrated Circuit Topographies
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Learn about or apply for registration for your integrated circuit topographies.
Patent
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Learn about, search for or apply for registration of a patent, which gives you exclusive rights over products and processes that you invent.
Trademarks
Canadian Intellectual Property Office<
Learn about, search or apply for the registration or renewal of a trademark to distinctly identify your business and protect your intellectual property in Canada and abroad.

Strategic value of IP

What's in a name? Using trademarks as a business tool
A trademark helps identify your company and your products. Find out how to use a trademark to protect your business name.
Top 5 IP considerations for entrepreneurs
Learn how IP rights can protect your inventions and creations and help you obtain exclusive rights in the marketplace.

Financing

Finance a patent, a license or a new technology
You could receive financial support to get a patent or a license, or apply a new technology.
Apollo13 startup support program (in French only)
Apollo 13
Do you have an entrepreneurial idea to put into action or a desire to grow your business? The Apollo13 support program may be right for you.
BDC Intellectual Property-Backed Financing
Business Development Bank of Canada
Get financing and guidance from intellectual property (IP) experts who can help you with your IP portfolios, commercialized offerings and global prospects.
INNOV-R — CRIAQ
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec
Get a grant of up to $500,000 per year for a three-year project to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses when you collaborate with at least one academic institution or public research centre on an R&D project aimed at reducing GHG emissions project in the field of aerospace.
INNOV-R — InnovÉÉ
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec
Get a grant of up to $500,000 per year for a three-year project to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses when you collaborate with at least one academic institution or public research centre on an R&D project aimed at reducing GHG emissions project relating to the electricity industry, smart grids, transportation electrification or intelligent vehicles.

Support programs and services

NUANS Corporate name search
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Compare your proposed business name to the names of existing businesses to see if it is unique.
Patent Prosecution Highway
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Fast-track your patent application in a participating country once another participating country's IP office has approved your claim.

Supporting organizations

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

1 866 997-1936

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Services offered: Patents - Copyright - Trademarks - Intellectual property

Young Bar Association of Montreal - Legal consults for businesses

445 Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Suite RC-03
Montréal, Québec
H2Y 3T8

514 954-3487
servicesprobono@ajbm.qc.ca

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Services offered: Copyright - Consulting services - Intellectual property - Regulations

Access Copyright

69 Yonge Street, Suite 1100
Toronto, Ontario
M5E 1K3

1 800-893-5777
Fax: 416 868-1621
info@accesscopyright.ca

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Services offered: Pre-cleared permission to use copyright-protected content

Copibec - Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction

550, Sherbrooke West, Suite 510
Montréal, Québec
H3A 1B9

514 288-1664, 1 800 717-2022
Fax: 514 288-1669
info@copibec.qc.ca

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Services offered: Copyright management

Lavery Go inc.

514 871-1522, 418 688-5000, 819 346-5058, 819 373-7000

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Services offered: Legal support program for startups

National Research Council Canada

1200 Montreal Road, Building M-58
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0R6

1 877-672-2672
info@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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Services offered: Support for technology innovation - Research and development - Certifications, evaluations and standards - Areas of research - Challenge programs - Open calls for proposals - Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) - EUREKA!

Quebec Law Network

75, Des Châteaux Blvd., Suite 102
Blainville, Québec
J7B 2A4

450 621-8283, 1 877 683-1815
Fax: 450 621-4452
infos@avocat.qc.ca

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Services offered: Consulting services - Legal documents - Lawyer directory - Telephone consultations with a lawyer - Legal store

Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

33 Milton Street, Suite 500
Montréal, Québec
H2X 1V1

1 800 797-6226, 514 844-8377

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Services offered: Licensing - Rights management - International royalties - Promotion and defense of its members' rights

Training

Trademarks Database Tutorial
Find out the about the benefits of using the Canadian Trademarks Database and how to search it.
Tutorial — Your patent application
If you are thinking about writing a patent application, use this tutorial to help you prepare one that meets the strict requirements for filing.
A guide to copyright
This guide explains what copyright is, the process of registering a copyright in Canada and the benefits of registration.
IP Academy
CIPO offers online educational resources including seminars, an IP management webinar series, a self-assessment tool and an interactive guide to help you develop your IP strategy, and more.
IP Toolbox
Discover the different intellectual property (IP) rights that can turn your ideas into successful businesses by differentiating you from your competitors.
IP foundations series
Each training module teaches you how to create, develop, monetise and strategically exploit intellectual property assets in a competitive marketplace.
Plan your IP strategy
Establishing a plan to manage your IP assets (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or industrial designs) can give you a competitive edge in the marketplace and ensure sustainable growth.

Other resources

Innovate in products and services
Follow the 10 essential steps in the innovation process to design and implement a clear plan to successfully launch your products on the market.
Product licensing
Discover the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining a license from a company to manufacture and sell one or more of its products.

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