IP Hub: Learn it - Copyrights

Learn from resources around the world about what copyright is and how you can use it to your advantage.

Canada

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) – What is copyright?
• CIPO – A guide to copyright
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – About copyright

United States

• United States Patent and Trademark Office – Copyright Basics

World

• World Intellectual Property Organization – Copyright

Here is what you need to know about copyright:

• Canadian Intellectual Property Organization – Copyright factsheet – text / PDF (620 KB, 1 page)

Below are several sources of intellectual property (IP) experts who can provide you resources and information to guide you through the application process and advise you on your own IP strategy.

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

• Canadian Heritage
• Copyright Board of Canada
  The Copyright Board of Canada is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works, when the administration of such copyright is entrusted to a collective-administration society.