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IP Intensive: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurialism within a Mid-sized Business Accelerator – A Semester at ventureLAB
During my IP Intensive internship with Markham’s business accelerator, ventureLAB, I gained valuable insight into current issues that start-up companies and entrepreneurs alike face. The management team at ventureLAB is dedicated to providing a wide array of opportunities and resources to companies and individuals (referred to as tenants) to help them remedy some of their […]
IP Intensive: An Entrepreneurial Perspective of Intellectual Property Law – a Semester at ventureLAB
My internship at ventureLAB as part of Osgoode’s IP Intensive program, broadened my perspective on intellectual property law in a way that I did not expect. It was a richly rewarding learning experience that I could not have acquired through academic courses. ventureLAB is a non-for-profit business accelerator, specifically geared to entrepreneurs in the technology […]
IP Intensive: Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship – A Semester at ventureLAB
Before I participated in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program, I thought legal pro bono work only pertained to human rights, criminal, and refugee matters. However, after completing my internship with ventureLAB, a non-for-profit organization that helps technology entrepreneurs with their business development, I realized that entrepreneurs and small businesses are also groups […]
IP Intensive Program: A Semester at ventureLAB
In Fall of 2014, I had the privilege of participating in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program. I was placed at ventureLAB, a non-profit Regional Innovation Centre and a member of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs, which helps entrepreneurs in York Region, Simcoe County and Muskoka District bring their innovations to market. Its […]
IP Intensive Program: Helping Entrepreneurs – My Internship at ventureLAB
As part of the Intellectual Property (IP) Intensive program at Osgoode Hall Law School, I was extremely fortunate to be placed at the Innovation Centre ventureLAB for 10 weeks. What does this organization do? In a nutshell, ventureLAB exists to help people succeed as entrepreneurs. “Mentoring – Partnering – Connecting” is the official motto of […]