Keeping Your New Year’s Intellectual Property (IP) Resolutions for 2024 - Part One: How to Develop and Fund Your IP
Lakehead University's Innovation, Partnerships and Economic Development office (IPED) invites staff, faculty, students, entrepreneurs and community members in the Thunder Bay region and Simcoe County to learn about the benefits of protecting your Intellectual Property. No IP knowledge level required.
How to Develop and Fund Your IP
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
12 to 1 pm
- Developing an IP strategy early
- Coordinating IP with publications
- New government funding to pay for start-up company IP filings
Lakehead R&I Week Special Feature - IP Issues in Life Sciences and High Tech
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
1 to 1:45 pm (life sciences and chemistry)
2 to 2:45 pm (high tech – software, data, AI, electronics)
- The key role of IP in life sciences and high tech
- Myths and best practices
- AI and other emerging technologies
Speakers
Noel Courage is a partner at Bereskin & Parr LLP in intellectual property law. He is a US and Canadian patent agent and a Canadian lawyer. Noel focuses his practice on IP agreements and protecting new inventions with patents.
Tony Orsi is a partner at Bereskin & Parr LLLP in intellectual property law and a US and Canadian patent agent. His practice focuses on protecting high tech inventions, and he will address high tech issues in the February webinar.
(Moderator/Host): Ellen MacKay, RTTP, is the Director of Innovation Development at Lakehead, managing all technology transfer activities and the Office of Innovation, Partnerships and Economic Development.
Webinar instructions will be provided prior to the date of the event.