IPON’s IP TOOLKIT: IP PROTECTION

SECTION 3

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Learn about:

What are the different types of IP rights?

Protecting your inventions using patents

Protecting your trade secrets

Protecting your trademarks

Protecting your industrial designs

Protecting your copyright

Protecting your data

What are the risks of using or incorporating third-party data?

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Resources for IPON clients:

Tool: What is registered IP? + Registration checklist

Template: Invention disclosure form

External resources and reading list:

Industrial design, plant breeders’ rights, and integrated circuit topographies as intellectual property (MaRS)

Filing Canadian and US patent applications: Process timelines and budget (MaRS)

Trademark strategy and branding (MaRS)

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