Identify, protect and monetize your creations and innovationsIntellectual property assets are often a company’s most valuable assets. Copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs, patents, and trade secrets: identifying these assets, choosing the right protection strategy, and managing them are essential to your business.
At YULEX, we support you at every stage of your innovations’ lifecycle—from ideation to legal protection to commercialization—to secure your intellectual property and maximize its value both in Canada and abroad.
Particularly, we assist our clients with all government programs related to intellectual property (grants, tax credits, financial assistance, etc.).
We combine strategic expertise with a pragmatic approach to protect your creations and innovations. We are interested in your projects, which is why we take the time to fully understand what you do and what your long-term goals are. Beyond legal support, we help you transform your intellectual property rights into sources of growth and differentiation, both in Canada and elsewhere.
Thanks to our Interlegal network, we can assist in the protection and management of your intellectual property wherever your business takes you.
The different methods of marketing industrial designs: transfer vs. licenseRegistering an original industrial design has a significant impact on how it is marketed. When you are the owner of your industrial design and have obtained its registration from theIntellectual Property Office (OPIC), you have the exclusive right to the ownership of your design for a period of 10 years from the date of its registration.
Canada's accession to the Madrid Protocol: making your trademark travel internationallyCanada's accession to the Madrid Protocol on June 17 will allow Canadian businesses to protect their trademarks abroad. Below is a summary overview of the Madrid Protocol, its benefits, and the changes to be expected in Canadian trademark law.
De nouvelles exigences pour vos entreprises fédérales dès juin 2019!As of June 13, 2019, any private company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act will have to comply with new standards aimed at preventing the use of companies for tax evasion and other criminal purposes including money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorist activities.
