Course Catalogue: Balancing Risk & Creating Opportunities
In this section, you will find tools and resources to help you mitigate risk in your organization, including templates that you can use when working with IP service providers/IP professionals.
| Activity Type | Activity Title | Description | Languages | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module | IP Risk: A Primer | This course will help you develop a better understanding of IP risks and how to quantify IP risks relative to your business. It will also give you the know-how to develop mitigation strategies to minimize risks. | EN | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Confidential Information: An Introduction | This resource provides an overview of the value of keeping certain business information confidential and suggests steps that companies can take to protect their confidential information as an important IP asset. | EN / FR | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Creating a Confidential Information Policy ( + Template) | This toolkit highlights key considerations when creating a Confidential Information Policy for your organization and provides a template to help you get started. | EN / FR | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Confidential Information Training for Employees (Template) | Use this template to help create your company’s in-house Confidential Information training for employees. | EN / FR | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Making IP Count: How to Integrate IP into your Business Value Chain | Learn how to build a value chain incorporating an IP layer to help you easily identify hidden IP opportunities and recognize potential risks. The resource provides a step-by-step guide, and detailed visuals. By the end, you’ll understand how to position your business to thrive within the broader sector. | EN / FR | 2 |
| Boîte à outils | Making IP Count: A Guide to Analyzing Value Chains Through an IP Lens | Learn how to read and analyze an actual value chain extracted from an IAC Intelligence Report. This resource should ideally be used after reviewing Making IP Count: How to Integrate IP into Your Business Value Chain | EN / FR | 2 |
| Boîte à outils | Introducing NDAs: A Primer for Start-Ups and SMEs | This resource describes the uses, benefits and limitations of NDAs, key considerations to keep in mind when using NDAs, and the potential risks of not considering NDAs in your business. Accompanying this resource are two NDA templates you can use as guides when preparing your own NDAs. | EN | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Template: One-way / Unilateral NDA | A one-way disclosure agreement (NDA) is preferable when the disclosing party is providing confidential information or when you do not want to be receiving confidential information from the other party. Read-only version. | EN | 1 |
| Boîte à outils | Template: Two-way / Mutual NDA | A two-way non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is used when both parties wish to disclose confidential information. Read-only version. | EN | 1 |
| Module | Failure to Protect Your IP | A two-way non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is used when both parties wish to disclose confidential information. Read-only version. Protecting intellectual property is essential for maintaining a competitive advantage. This course examines three common IP risk areas that businesses often overlook, resulting in inadequate protection, missed filing deadlines, and ownership disputes. Participants will learn practical strategies to identify and mitigate these risks. | EN / FR | 2 |
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