Government Funding for Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy and Filings

Government Funding for Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy and Filings - Presented by Bereskin & Parr

August 29, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 PM | Online Event

The Government of Canada launched a national IP strategy intended to help Canadian businesses and innovators learn about and gain access to IP protection. The national IP strategy includes various government fundings that enable IP-focused conversations for many Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This webinar will discuss how your company may benefit from these programs, such as:

• IP Assist offered by the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP);
• Elevate IP offered by specific incubators across the country; and
• IP Ontario (IPON).

Questions?

For more information, please contact Meghan Gervais - mgervais@acceleratorcentre.com

Special thank you to our partners at Bereskin & Parr

Joanna Ma is an intellectual property (IP) strategist and patent lawyer at Bereskin & Parr LLP. She offers her clients strategic advice on developing and growing IP portfolios that are aligned with their business opportunities and goals. Joanna also assists her clients with commercializing and monetizing these IP rights, and with developing a balanced approach to the enforcement of their IP rights.

Joanna has an electrical engineering background and specializes in patenting software-driven technologies and associated systems (including artificial intelligence, audio systems, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, medical devices and imaging systems, neural networks, telecommunication systems, and robotics). She is experienced in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in these technologies, and closely follows the various Patent Offices’ guidance and trends on patenting software-driven innovations to increase prosecution efficiency.

Joanna has also written on various aspects of patenting software-driven technologies, including co-authoring Canada's Chapter in Intellectual Property in Electronics and Software: A Global Guide to Rights and Their Applications, Second Edition.

Another significant part of Joanna's practice is in obtaining design protection for her clients' products in a meaningful way for their business.

Joanna supports the growth of Canada’s technology ecosystem. She is an IP Strategy advisor at several innovation hubs across Ontario and is a frequent speaker on this subject. Joanna is also a co-author of a chapter entitled “Patent and Other IP Protection for Engineering and Technology Startups” in Startup Law 101: A Practical Guide.

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