Resources

Intellectual Property Mini-Seminars on YouTube!

Mike Szarka, formerly Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization, UOIT:
• What are Moral Rights?
• What is Copyright?
• Who Owns Copyright?
• How Do I Protect My Copyright?
• How Do I Profit From Copyright?

Educational Courses

CEO Fusion, in partnership with OPIC, has developed a suite of eLearning courses to teach early stage companies, including start-ups being spun out of universities, the necessary competencies to grow and develop. Designed to help these companies reach the next level, these courses range in topic from 'Successful Start Up Strategies' to 'Selling, Selling, Selling' to 'Understanding Early Stage Financing'.

For instructions on how to sign up, please click here.

Patent and IP Protection

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• World Intellectual Property Organization

Professional Organizations

• Alliance for Commercialization of Canadian Technology (ACCT)
• Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
• BioTechnology Industry Organization
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)
• Ontario Society for Excellence in Technology Transfer (OnSETT)

Collaborative Funding / IP Development

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Proof of Principle (POP) & Proof of Principle Partnered Initiative
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants
• Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

OPIC Collaborators

• Arrowcan Partners
• Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham (ISCM)

Intellectual Property Round Table Presentations

• Intellectual Property Policy at the University of Cambridge (.ppt)

  by Ian Leslie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research

• Elements of a Workable Intellectual Property Policy (.ppt)

  by Noel Courage, Bereskin & Parr

• Universities as a Small Business Technology Partner (Making Technology Happen) (.ppt)

  by Brian Mergelas, President and CEO, The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company

• Intellectual Property as a Key Driver for University Planning and Growth (On the need to optimize university outcomes for Canada to remain competitive) (.pdf)

  by Richard J. Marceau, Provost, UOIT

Intellectual Property Educational Presentations

• The Role of University Tech Transfer Offices in Starting New Companies (.ppt)

  by Steven A. Gedeon, Ph.D., MBA, PEng

• Sharing Your Research Materials: Do You Need a Materials Transfer Agreement?
• How to Do a Patent Search
• Working with Industrial Partners: Some Contract Issues
• Role of MMO Emerging Materials Network (EMK)
• What is a Confidentiality Agreement and what is it really for?