The federal government has unveiled details of its eagerly anticipated new intellectual property (IP) strategy to help innovators better protect their intellectual assets, encourage innovation and defend themselves against so-called patent trolls. However, different stakeholders who spoke to RE$EARCH MONEY have different perspectives on what the IP strategy means to the innovation ecosystem, suggesting that one size doesn’t fit all.
Organizations: | ChangeJar, Delvinia, Smart & Biggar, Univ of Saskatchewan, and Wesley Clover |
People: | Adam Froman, Elliott Simcoe, Michael Turner, Peter W.B. Phillips, and Tom Camps |
Topics: | Budget 2018, fintech, GDP, Industrial Research Assistance Program, patent bank, patent collective, patent trolls, Scale Ups, and startups |