Canada rests a lot of its hopes on the strength of IP intensive ventures. However, these ventures struggle to optimally leverage their IP. To overcome their challenges, these ventures need to have the right IP strategies and be properly equipped with the necessary IP legal tools and resources to succeed and prosper in the global economy. However, surveys indicate that Canada’s IP intensive ventures have limited IP legal literacy and can’t often access affordable IP legal services, especially at their earliest start-up stages. Finally, overall expertise in IP strategy and IP management is weak in this country.
At the Conference Board of Canada's Council for Innovation and Commercialization, which is focusing on the theme of "Designing Adaptive and Dynamic Organizations through Knowledge, Innovation and Information Technology," CIGI Senior Fellows Myra Tawfik and Karima Bawa will discuss these existing IP legal gaps in Canada’s innovation ecosystem. They will offer suggestions for capacity-building in IP strategy and IP legal services to enable Canadian ventures to compete effectively in increasingly complex domestic and international legal environments.