Business & Finance

If your patent application has been approved and you have been able to register your invention with the patent office, it is now protected and you have exclusive rights to it for a maximum period of ...read more »

Before filing a patent application there are a few things people wanting to file a patent should do. However, it’s never a good idea to wait too long, because with patents, the rule is first come, ...read more »

Unlike patents, copyrights automatically arise once original work has been produced. Copyrights are valid for the entire lifetime of the creator of the work(s) and 50 years after the creator’s death.read more »

Pizza Pizza, Shoppers Drug Mart, Harvey’s and Second Cup are just a few Canadian businesses that have one thing in common: they are franchises.read more »

Furniture shopping can be a lot of fun. We often pick furniture for its functionality but also because it is aesthetically pleasing.read more »

Once you are sure that you have an industrial design and you want to register it in order to protect your exclusive right to it, you will have to go through the registration process that is conducted ...read more »

Any industrial design that you register with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office will only give you exclusive rights over that design in Canada.read more »

Once your exclusive right to an industrial design has been registered and you have obtained registration, you can then choose how to market your interest in your design.read more »

Many of us have heard about copyright and copyrighted material but those are not the only intellectual properties that can be protected. Other possible protected intellectual properties include ...read more »

A mutual fund is a type of professionally managed collective investment vehicle. Mutual funds are able to raise money by selling its shares or units to individual investors.read more »