Springboard Atlantic IP Advantage
Intellectual property (IP) is a valuable asset used to gain a competitive advantage and thrive in global marketplaces. Springboard Atlantic IP Advantage partners with business accelerators and incubators to deliver IP supports to start-ups in Atlantic Canada.
Partnering with business accelerators and incubators to give start-ups in Atlantic Canada access to vital IP supports
As a start-up, you need to protect your intellectual property (IP), the same way you would protect your physical assets – like buildings and equipment.
For start-ups, a strong IP strategy is a vital component for developing target markets. Understanding and strategically implementing IP gives entrepreneurs a pathway to growth and an important competitive advantage.
Key IP Assets
- Patents
- Copyright
- Trademarks
- Registered industrial designs
- Geographical indications
- Trade secrets
Our partners
- New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
- Invest Nova Scotia
- Emergence BioIncubator
- Genesis Centre
Goals
- Provide start-ups with IP training & education
- Help companies develop IP strategy
- Provide funding for IP strategy implementation – including IP filing
Springboard Atlantic IP Advantage raises awareness around the importance of intellectual property
If you run a start-up business, Atlantic IP Advantage will help you understand the importance of IP and how to protect it.
Thanks to the ElevateIP support from ISED, Springboard Atlantic and other delivery partners across Canada are providing innovative start-ups with intellectual property (IP) training, funding and other services.
This support helps start-ups harness the potential of their ideas and continue to build their businesses.
Our initiative also educates, promotes awareness and increases capacity of the business accelerators and incubators (BAIs) that support these start-ups.
The Atlantic IP Advantage program provides education and awareness to start-ups and business accelerators and incubators.
Start-ups can work with the Atlantic IP Advantage team to connect with IP professionals and apply for funding to develop and implement an IP strategy.
Support is targeted to high-growth start-ups in need of IP search, assessment and strategy development and implementation.
IP Advantage showcase
Our Stories
-
Interview with Springboard IP Advantage client Aruna Revolution
CategoriesIntellectual propertyWe sat down with Aruna Revolution CEO Rashmi Prakash to discuss her journey with securing protection for her technology and how IP Advantage helped her company with Intellectual property. In January 2025 the company inked a deal with investors on CBC television show Dragon’s Den.
-
Springboard to help deliver NRC- IRAP IP Assist Program in Atlantic Canada
CategoriesUncategorizedProgram helps start-ups and SMEs get IP strategies in place St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – Springboard Atlantic, a member-based network of 19 academic institutions in Atlantic Canada, is pleased to announce that it is receiving funding support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), to help deliver its IP Assist program. […]
-
Springboard IP Advantage helps Atlantic Canadian startups grow with IP support
CategoriesNewsSpringboard Atlantic IP Advantage hit the ground running in 2023, awarding $1.5-million to 56 Atlantic Canadian startups to protect their technologies and grow their companies with Intellectual Property support. The funding will help these high-potential companies develop IP strategy and implementation. Showcase highlights six recipients of IP support in 2023
-
Case study: LadderSpike uses Springboard IP Advantage to create an IP strategy
CategoriesCase studyLadderSpike Inc. is a manufacturing company in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador that is revolutionizing ladder safety with a unique innovation which makes climbing and using a portable ladder, Safe from the first step. They needed intellectual property (IP) protection for their technology. Co-founders Jordan Spencer and Dale Kean applied to Springboard’s IP Advantage program to help them develop an IP strategy. They were awarded funding to develop an IP strategy for their business.
-
Springboard launches IP Advantage program
CategoriesNewsSpringboard Atlantic, a member-based network of 19 post-secondary institutions in Atlantic Canada that connects industry with research, is pleased to announce the launch of the Atlantic IP Advantage program to help start-ups create Intellectual Property (IP) and protect their innovations and ideas. Atlantic IP Advantage will support innovative businesses develop and implement IP strategies to set them up for success.