Intellectual Property 101: Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyright, Trademarks…

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, intangible assets are increasingly central to a businesses success. Not only ideas, but also processes, customer or vendor lists, software code, your company brand, and more. If you aren’t documenting and codifying these intangible assets, they will be lost to your organization when whomever owns them leaves.

Join us in a deep dive introductory session to learn about the different ways to safeguard them (patents aren’t the only, nor the best choice for every situation).

Who is this for?

If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, inventor, or even an employee who’s looking to better understand the topic of IP for your organization.

What you’ll learn:

• Different ways to leverage IP beyond protecting you from competitors who wish to copy.
• Different types of intangible assets and what protection can be applied to them.
• The 5 key forms of IP protection: Patents, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Copyright, & Industrial Design.
• When to Patent vs. keep something a Trade Secret.
• Basics of the patenting process (requirements, cost, timeline).
• How to approach building an IP Strategy for your organization.

Speaker

Chin Hing Chang: Program Lead @ Tech Yukon, IP Strategy Consultant @ AccelerateIP

Chin oversees the AccelerateIP Program and Canada Digital Adoption Program at Tech Yukon. He is also a certified IP Strategy Consultant through AccelerateIP. He has spent more than 4 years working with Yukon-based organizations.

Chin has also worked intensively with startups, incubators, and accelerators since 2014. Since then, he has collaborated with over 500 social ventures from various industries globally. He is a self-published author of 2 books and actively mentors for The Forum, BCIT, and Futurpreneur.