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British Columbia – Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks
This page provides information and resources on copyright, patents and trade-marks that may apply to your business in British Columbia and also access to Canadian and international copyright, patents and trade-mark databases.
General Information
Copyrights
Patents
Trade-marks
General Information
- Protect Your Business Idea – Small Business BC
- Product Licensing – The Business Link
- Intellectual Property Program – Ministry of Management Services, Government of British Columbia
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Industry Canada
- International Intellectual Property Links – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- Life Sciences Gateway, Intellectual Property – Industry Canada
- Canadian Innovation Centre
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Intellectual Property Rights - Foreign Trade Information System (SICE) – Organization of American States
- World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyrights
- Copyright – Small Business BC
- Copyright Permission Request Form – Government of British Columbia
- Copyrights – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
- Publishers' Window – National Library of Canada
- Music Creators and Publishers – SOCAN
- United States Copyright Office – Library of Congress
- Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Patents
- Patents – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- Patents – Small Business BC
- Canadian Patent Database – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- European Patent Office
- About Patents – PatentScope, World Intellectual Property Organization
Trade-marks
- Trademarks – Small Business BC
- Trade-marks – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- Canadian Trade-marks Database – Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada
- Trademarks – World Intellectual Property Organization
- International Trademark Association