Ip Innovation Clinic

The IP Innovation Clinic is Canada's largest pro bono intellectual property (IP) clinic, helping York University faculty and researchers as well as entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs across Ontario and Canada with bespoke IP assistance. The clinic was founded by Director Prof. Pina D'Agostino in 2010. Our mandate is two-fold:(1) Ignite an Innovative Economy in Canada: Helping offset what can be prohibitive costs associated with IP by providing pro bono, one-to-one information and services to researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs.(2) Educate and Empower Students: Preparing law students for the professional world through hands-on, practical experience under the supervision of practicing lawyers. Our services can include- Initial IP information and assistance - Patent searches and due diligence - Trademark searches and due diligence - IP strategy assistance - Freedom to operate information - and more… Become a client here: https://machformext.osgoode.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=97647 Students from Osgoode Hall Law School are supervised by practicing lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Smart & Biggar LP, and OWN Innovation to provide pro bono and assistance on real-world case files. The IP Innovation Clinic operates in collaboration with the Office of the VPRI at York University, receives funding from Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and in collaboration with Communitech, as part of the Government of Canada's ElevateIP program.