Intellectual property and copyright
Intellectual property and copyright
Protecting your intellectual property, trademarks, copyright and using IP as a business tool.
Services and information
Intellectual property basics
The basics of intellectual property and how to protect your brand, innovation or creation.
Manage your intellectual property
Build and implement your IP strategy, protect your IP in Canada and abroad, enforce your IP rights
Trademarks
Accessing the trademarks database or registering a combination of words, sounds or designs.
Patents
Searching or applying for registration of exclusive rights for an invention, a product or a process.
Copyright
Providing protection for literary, artistic, dramatic and musical creations.
Industrial designs
Searching or applying to protect the original visual features of a product.
Plant breeders' rights
How plant breeders can protect new plant varieties.
Integrated circuit topographies
Applying to protect electronic circuits or layout designs.
Intellectual property databases
Searching for trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs or other goods and services.
Services for patent and trademark agents
Guidance and services for IP agents, including how to become an authorized agent.
Commercialization and licensing opportunities
How to license innovative technologies developed by the government.
Canada's Intellectual Property Strategy
How and why the government will provide businesses with access to the best possible IP resources.
Intellectual property for federal public servants
IP services for federal public servants, including IP advice and training.