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How the Innovation Asset Collective helps cleantech companies succeed
2026/04/13 | 31 mins.
The Innovation Asset Collective (IAC) is on a mission to help cleantech companies understand the value of their IP. Erin Pisko, Vice-President of IP Strategy at the IAC, uses real-world examples to show on which components of an IP strategy cleantech companies should focus. The IAC’s core programming provides a comprehensive suite of supports, including funding and skill-building to help increase patenting activity in the cleantech sector.

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Innovation Asset Collective

Clean technology and intellectual property

IP Central
Inside Elevate IP - How Canadian startups can access funding, and IP expertise
2026/03/17 | 21 mins.
How does ElevateIP help deliver IP support to businesses?

Laura Cooke (ISED), Louis-Félix Binette, and Lola Arnaud (MAIN) answer this important question and more. Hear about how to access funding and how support is structured to promote long-term growth for your company.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2023 and since then ElevateIP has been awarded new funding to continue delivering on their mission to help businesses build their IP strategies.

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Intellectual Property Strategy (canada.ca)

List of recipients of ElevateIP (canada.ca)

Funding and support programs for doing international business (tradecommissioner.gc.ca)

NRC IRAP support for intellectual property - National Research Council Canada
Navigating the global ocean of IP—A Black entrepreneur’s perspective on protection and opportunity
2026/02/25 | 17 mins.
Ken Poulin is an independent trademark agent based in Vancouver. He explains why IP protection should start before and not after market success. As a Black entrepreneur himself, he shares his insights on what it looks like to support underrepresented communities, the role of diversity in Canada's innovation landscape and why educating business owners about the value of IP requires patience, empathy and a personal approach.

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Black entrepreneurs and intellectual property

IP Central

IP resources and funding for entrepreneurs (canada.ca)
Exploring the intersection between IP law and the protection of Indigenous knowledge and cultural expressions.
2024/06/07 | 22 mins.
Vincent de Grandpré, lawyer and trademark agent at Bennett Jones and member of IPIC’s Committee for Indigenous IP explains the intersection between intellectual property law and the protection of Indigenous knowledge and cultural expressions.

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Indigenous peoples and intellectual property (canada.ca)
Indigenous Bar Association
Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Act (justice.gc.ca)
Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ipic.ca)
How the IP agent profession is regulated
2024/05/01 | 25 mins.
Juda Strawczynski, CEO and Registrar of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA) explains how CPATA regulates the IP agent profession, ensuring that patent agents and trademark agents deliver accessible, ethical and expert IP services in Canada.
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CPATA Public Register
CPATA Code of Professional Conduct

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About Canadian IP voices

With hosts Lisa Desjardins (English) and Maya Urbanowicz (French). In line with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)’s mandate for intellectual property (IP) awareness and education, this podcast is dedicated to increasing awareness, knowledge and the effective use of IP by Canadians. Canadian IP voices is a podcast series where we discuss tips, tricks and issues, and understand the bigger picture on how trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs and trade secrets work in real life. Listen to real problems—and real solutions—explained by a range of IP professionals and stakeholders across Canada and abroad. Tune in each month for interviews and real life stories with special guests. Produced by CIPO. Podcast disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the podcasts listed on this website are those of the individual podcasters and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of CIPO.

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