Summary
Today, Minister Romano and Attorney General Downey announced the Ontario government is supporting nearly 900 postsecondary student internships to help businesses, start-ups and new entrepreneurial companies grow and protect “Ontario made” innovations, ideas and products. This includes a pilot project that will help ensure companies build solid strategies for developing and protecting intellectual property.
Key Messages
- The Ontario government is supporting nearly 900 postsecondary student internships to help businesses, start-ups and new entrepreneurial companies grow and protect “Ontario made” innovations, ideas and products. This includes a pilot project that will help ensure companies build solid strategies for developing and protecting intellectual property.
- This program, the first of its kind in Ontario, will meet the needs of local industries by helping them build solid business strategies that can help protect their intellectual property.
- The internships, which include an initial target of up to 100 spaces in the intellectual property (IP) stream, will be offered through Mitacs, a national non-profit organization that builds partnerships to support industrial and social innovation in Canada.
- Taking action to strengthen Ontario’s Intellectual Property expertise is critical to Ontario’s economic recovery following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as businesses with IP assets have higher rates of growth and are important job creators.
News Links
English: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000015/ontario-strengthens-intellectual-property-expertise