IP + Data Management
Building Canadian-made intellectual property that will secure our digital future.
Turning ambition into action, and action into change.
We support the creation of intellectual property and data assets in Canada to propel our leadership position in world-class digital technologies. Our IP advisors and program teams offer a range of support services to our Members and project teams, including education, tools and frameworks to:
- Protect the ownership of Canadian-made IP
- Commercialize IP (including from academic partners)
- Support SMEs in leveraging new IP to grow while strengthening their background IP portfolios
- Allow collaborating partners to share in the benefits of foreground IP created in the context of projects on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
- 530+
- IP Assets & Patents Generated
- 89%
- IP Generated to Date by Canadian SMEs
- 328
- IP Assets Created in B.C.
- 1000+
- Attendees on DIGITAL's IP Webinars
As of March 2024
Supporting the development, ownership and retention of Canadian IP.
Promoting IP and data literacy
We help SMEs improve IP and data literacy by ensuring project teams address ownership and the value of data and IP upfront. We also provide SMEs with access to educational workshops, resources and tools and provide specific guidance throughout the project lifecycle on IP generation and protection.
Raising awareness that IP is more than patents
We support Members in exploring different forms of IP that make best business sense for them – not just pushing towards patents, but also finding other forms of IP that guarantee members the freedom to operate.
Strengthening IP portfolios
Many SMEs have weak IP portfolios. We actively support companies to clearly articulate their IP, protect it and leverage it beyond their current industry.
Commercializing university IP through Canadian SMEs
Academic partners are a rich source of IP. We facilitate relationships between SMEs and research organizations that help develop university IP to commercial-grade levels.
Developing standards
We encourage Members to explore, leverage and further develop standards – to augment their own portfolios and to build expertise, know-how and IP on top of open standards as public domain IP.
Leveraging the ecosystem
We encourage members to identify potential licensees of every new foreground IP that is being generated, and with this, stimulate cross-sectoral collaboration and leverage. We also work with the Innovation Asset Collective (IAC) on the creation, dissemination and deployment of IP.
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"The Supercluster has been instrumental in our ability to develop new innovative technologies, transform these technologies into novel IP and product offerings, and commercialize them at scale in Canada and internationally. As a direct result of our Supercluster project, almost 2,000 patients have been able to access digitally-enhanced wound care, which has led to meaningful outcomes, such as over $1,000 in health system cost savings per patient, a reduction in ED visits and readmissions, and an improvement in clinician and patient satisfaction when it comes to wound care."
Founder and CEO, Swift Medical View the Telewound Care Canada Project -
"Historically, IP considerations were not forefront in our business consciousness. The Supercluster model has compelled us to take a fresh approach. Without the influence of the Supercluster in facilitating Firstline’s articulation of the IP generated and tie-in to our IP portfolio, we likely would have produced the same novel technology, but not sought to register or protect it. Consequently, in future all our technology will be evaluated through an IP lens."
Chief Technology Officer of Firstline View the Global Clinical Network for Infectious Disease Project -
“The unique collaboration between industry and academic partners facilitated under the Supercluster network enabled contributions leveraging the strengths of each of our consortium partners, resulting in the new developments that have been captured in our recently-filed patent applications. The framework that the Digital Technology Supercluster has implemented to guide IP management throughout Supercluster supported projects, has raised awareness to the importance of IP considerations and has helped Terramera in guiding discussions around how consortium partners can contribute to and benefit from new IP generated during a project. Terramera is proud that the resulting patent applications recognize the contributions of multiple project consortium members working together to secure the value of the technology development.”
VP IP Strategy, Terramera View the Precision Agriculture to Improve Crop Health Project -
"With the support of the Digital Technology Supercluster, project members, and associates, these new health and safety features have allowed us to expand our threat detection portfolio by incorporating the tools our customers need to resume business operations safely, effectively, and increase capacity as they return to normalcy. This new IP, alongside newly formed business relationships, have helped to identify new innovative approaches to security operations that position Patriot One as an emerging leader in facility management for sports, gaming, and entertainment industries.”
CEO, Patriot One Technologies View the Early Detection of COVID-19 Through AI Project
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