IP Toolbox
Customize, create or add to your existing intellectual Property (IP) kit with these handy tools, resources and wide-ranging informational material.
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IP Basics
Learn about the different IP rights that can turn an idea into a successful business by setting you apart from the competition.
IP roadmaps
IP roadmap – Your path to patent grantView as PDF (PDF: 97 KB; 1 page)
IP roadmap – Your path to trademark registrationFact sheets
Intellectual property inventory checklistView as PDF (PDF: 57 KB; 1 page)
Intellectual property: It's yours. Own it.View as PDF (PDF: 1.13 MB; 16 pages)
Intellectual property in CanadaView as PDF (PDF: 208 KB; 1 page)
CopyrightView as PDF (PDF: 621 KB; 1 page)
Industrial designsView as PDF (PDF: 602 KB; 1 page)
PatentView as PDF (PDF: 612 KB; 1 page)
Trade secretsView as PDF (PDF: 593 KB; 1 page)
TrademarksView as PDF (PDF: 593 KB; 1 page)
Cleantech and intellectual propertyView as PDF (PDF: 631 KB; 1 page)
Exporting
Businesses increasingly operate in a global marketplace, selling their products and services or licensing and franchising their IP rights beyond their national borders.
Fact sheet
Doing business abroadView as PDF (PDF: 191 KB; 1 page)
Guides
ChinaView as PDF (PDF: 2.3 MB; 12 pages)
United StatesView as PDF (PDF: 2.5 MB; 12 pages)
European UnionView as PDF (PDF: 3.6 MB; 12 pages)
IndiaView as PDF (PDF: 4.1 MB; 12 pages)
Resources
Tools and resources that can help you better understand the intellectual property.
- Fast-track your clean technology patent application
- Intellectual property protection for cannabis
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Business Development Bank of Canada – IP Strategy Assessment Tool
- Business Development Bank of Canada – CIPO IP game
- IP success stories
- "What is intellectual property?" video series
- Identifying your IP assets
- Stand out from your competitors
- Why IP matters
- Combatting counterfeit products
- IP diagnosis – Evaluate your needs
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