Strategic considerations with IP : Commercializing and doing business in Canada and abroad
Abstract
This interactive webinar will cover three (3) main angles :
Aligning IP strategy with business goals, including what to protect, when, and where, based on markets and growth plans.
Pathways to commercialization, such as licensing, partnerships, and assigning IP
Managing risks and value, including freedom-to-operate, enforcement, and leveraging IP assets to support long-term competitiveness.
Bio
Nicolas is an Intellectual Property Advisor at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for the Québec region. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education (B.Ed) and in Communications (B.Comm) from Université Laval. He has been working at CIPO since 2015, starting in the Patent Office, where he created digital products and resources for the CIPO website on a variety of IP-related topics, that directly supported the National IP Strategy launched by the Federal Government.
Since then, he has gained extensive knowledge of the IP ecosystem in Canada, and has been active in learning design, outreach and training to Canadian innovators, creators and business owners, to support IP awareness and education on a broad scale. He works more closely with Canadian innovators and small and medium-sized businesses to help them increase their knowledge base on IP, as well as strategically consider and leverage IP assets to support their business objectives.