IP CENTRA is led by an executive team which has deep business and commercialization expertise, with decades of intellectual property, legal, and technology industry experience. Our core values and philosophy are focused on the commercialization of IP to improve revenue, value, and the domestic and international competitiveness of innovative individuals and companies. We seek to foster strong long-term relationships that generate multiple transactions, and to promote dialogue to enhance the best IP business, legal and practice policies possible.
The team has extensive talent in the fields of research, engineering, product development, manufacturing and IP law and business law. The team also has deep market sector knowledge, especially ICT with emphasis on telecommunications, medical devices, defence, clean tech, media & entertainment, biotech and software.
The members of IP CENTRA’s executive team have years of experience in executive management, technology investment and strategic technical and business valuation. Our team comprises IP business leaders, technology executives and lawyers who have built and managed IP based businesses, created, managed and licensed IP (trademarks, copyrights & patents) and helped acquire and sell IP and invested in the development, maintenance, and commercialization of IP.
IP CENTRA also has a wide network of first-class scientists, inventors and innovators in a wide range of industry sectors, as well as a worldwide network of top level IP professionals, advisors, and sector experts.
IP CENTRA has an extensive cross-industry network with wide-ranging relationships in the follwing fields: knowledge industry - including domestic and international technology companies; entertainment industry – including film, animation, advertising and online media generation; innovation community – with organizations such as MaRS, OCE, HTN, OCRI, Communitech, NRC that span across sectors (e.g. health, ICT, cleantech, digital media, software and biotech); investment community – including investment firms and private investors; government –including provincial & federal innovation departments; and universities & colleges – including researchers & technology transfer office administrators.
IP CENTRA works in partnership with global organizations that invest in research and innovation, support innovators by supporting development, funding patenting and other intellectual property costs, and who evaluate, purchase, protect and commercialize IP.
