IP hub: Grow your business - Commercialization

Below are some great resources around the world that show you how to commercialize your IP.

Commercialization

• Canada Business Network – Growing
  Expanding your business requires preparation. How do you want to grow? Do you have the resources to take on new challenges? Discover ways to expand your business, including joint ventures and exporting.
• Canada Business Network – Planning for business growth
• Canada Business Network – Commercialization
• Government of Canada – Getting business support and financing
• IP Australia – Commercialise your IP
  Registering your IP can be an important investment. There are several ways to make your great idea a profitable one.
• IPR Helpdesk – Your Guide to IP Commercialisation (PDF)
• MaRS – Commercialization and monetization of IP

Licensing

• Canada Business Network – Licensing your IP
• Government of Canada – Commercialization and licensing opportunities
• National Research Council Canada – Licensing opportunities
• World Intellectual Property Organization – Licensing of IP Rights

Franchising

• IP Australia – The ins and outs of franchising and IP
• IP Australia – Franchising and IP
• European IPR Helpdesk – Commercialising IP: Franchising (PDF)

Tech transfer

• Canadian Business Network – Licensing and technology transfer opportunities

Open Source

• Resources
  Browse opensource.com's collection of resources so you can learn more about the Open Source way, locate projects or applications that embrace it, or attend events that celebrate it.
• Licenses
  Open Source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source definition—in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI), a license must go through the Open Source Initiative's license review process.

• WIPO Match
  This is an online tool to match those with specific IP-related development needs with potential providers offering resources.
• WIPO GREEN
  This is an interactive marketplace that promotes innovation and the diffusion of green technologies. It does this by connecting technology and service providers with those seeking innovative solutions.

Templates

• IP Australia – Contracts, agreements and other resources
  The IP Toolkit has a range of model tools and model contracts aimed at facilitating the collaboration process. These resources are designed for collaborations of around $100,000 or more.
• MaRS – Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with investors, partners, customers and patents
• United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office – NDA templates

Looking for advice? Here is a list of credible business and innovation experts that may be able to help.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

• Client Service Centre
• IP advisors

IP agents

• College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Other experts – by category

• Academia
  • Association of University of Technology Managers (AUTM) Innovation Marketplace
    The AUTM Innovation Marketplace (AIM), formerly GTP, showcases university technologies that are available for licensing. With more than 19,000 technologies listed to date, AIM now has more innovations listed than any portal of its kind.
• Advanced manufacturing
  • Canadian Space Agency
• Agri-food
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Canadian Food Inspection Canada
• Clean tech
  • Government of Canada – Clean Growth Hub
  • Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre
  • Natural Resources Canada – Intellectual Property at Natural Resources Canada
  • Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
    SDTC is a foundation created by the Government of Canada to support Canadian companies with the potential to become world leaders in their efforts to develop and demonstrate new environmental technologies that address climate change, clean air, clean water and clean soil.
  • WIPO GREEN Network
• Government of Canada
  • Innovation Canada
• Small business
  • Accelerated Growth Service
  • Business Development Bank of Canada
  • National Research Council-Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
  • NRC-IRAP – Industrial technology advisors
  • Export Development Canada – TradeInsights
• Women entrepreneurs
  • Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
    The Women Entrepreneurship Strategy is a comprehensive, whole-of-government plan to help women grow their businesses through access to financing, talent, networks and expertise.
  • Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
    The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub will serve as a one-stop source of knowledge, data and best practices for women entrepreneurs.