A New Series of Online Workshops by Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is offering a series of free, live virtual workshops to help entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators better understand intellectual property and how to protect their work.

The five practical sessions cover trademark searches and applications, patent searching and applications, and copyright. Participants will learn about identifying potential trademark conflicts, assessing an invention’s patentability, navigating application processes, and managing copyright ownership and protection.

• October 27: New and inventive: Patent searching - novelty and non obviousness

• November 9: File with confidence: Patent application process

• November 17: Copyright workshop: literary, dramatic, musical and artistic

• November 24: What’s in a name? Searching for similar business names, logos and terms

• December 8: File with confidence: Trademark application process

All workshops are free and delivered online.