Intellectual Property & Innovation
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Jim Hinton retweeted
Why is $240 million of Canadian taxpayer money going to a U.S. firm to build critical data infrastructure here at home?
Even if the data centre is located in Canada, ownership matters and so does who can access that data.
At a time of trade tensions and growing security risks, we should be backing Canadian companies and protecting our economic and national security.
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Jim Hinton retweeted
19 Dec 2025
📡 Dual-Use Technologies in the Age of Intangibles: This policy brief by CIGI senior fellow Jim Hinton (@OwnInnovation) calls for Canada to shift course from potentially surrendering the strategic and economic benefits of dual-use tech by instead prioritizing investment in domestic companies that develop and commercialize dual-use technologies. Hinton explores the consequences of inaction, and provides crucial policy recommendations to avoid this fate.
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Jim Hinton retweeted
7 Dec 2025
Hostile powers sending spies to west’s universities, says former security chief | Espionage | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2025/d…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
6 Dec 2025
Canadian intellectual property generated from federally funded research is often owned and commercialized abroad.
Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEO of RIM, along with countless other experts repeatedly tell the Science and Research committee the same thing.
Their testimony stands in stark contrast to what the Minister of AI and Digital Innovation recently told us: “Guardrails” exist to ensure Canadians see the economic return on these investments. However, he couldn’t point to a single concrete example.
Instead, we continue to see the same policy pattern of ‘investment’ announcements but no real strategy to ensure ownership and commercialization stays here in Canada.
#kitchener #Innovation
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Jim Hinton retweeted
14 Nov 2025
James Hinton, owner and founder of Own Innovation, discusses building globally competitive Canadian cleantech firms through a coherent IP strategy at the Scaling Up Bio Conference in Ottawa. #bioeconomy
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Jim Hinton retweeted
3 Nov 2025
Canada’s security and prosperity hinge on dual-use tech. The clock is ticking.
CIGI senior fellow Jim Hinton (@OwnInnovation) warns: Without investing in domestic innovators, Canada risks losing both strategic autonomy and economic resilience.
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Jim Hinton retweeted
29 Oct 2025
Next week: Join CIGI, CIPO and WIPO for the 8th Annual IP Data & Research Conference, exploring the theme of “IP Offices: A Catalyst for Innovation.”
Hear from global experts sharing insights and advancements in intellectual property (IP) data, policy and research over three days of fascinating panels and presentations.
Find the full agenda and a link to register at our event page: cigionline.org/events/8th-an…
@CIPO_Canada @WIPO @PaulRSamson @OwnInnovation @burcuno @jdebeer #IPResearch
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Jim Hinton retweeted
Canada and South Korea take divergent paths on IP policy—and it’s reshaping their AI futures. Explore how openness vs. patent focus impacts innovation and global AI strategy.
Access the case study: balsilliecases.ca/case-study…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
24 Sep 2025
Canada’s great at baking world-class cakes… but too often, someone else sells them back to us at twice the price. 🍰
It’s time to stop giving away our best ideas/IP and start protecting them.
👉 communitech.ca/insights/how-…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
18 Sep 2025
CSIS warning shows Ottawa can’t keep ignoring Canada’s IP crisis
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by : theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
18 Sep 2025
CSIS warning shows Ottawa can’t keep ignoring Canada’s IP crisis theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
16 Jul 2025
Want ideas for how fight back against Trump’s attacks—and secure a stronger future for Canada? Here are eight of them. macleans.ca/society/how-to-f…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
13 Jun 2025
What’s missing in Canada is the infrastructure to commercialize tech and IP at scale—something that other countries have invested in heavily. macleans.ca/society/keep-can…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
13 May 2025
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Jim Hinton retweeted
13 May 2025
Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
12 May 2025
Opinion: Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
11 May 2025
Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Jim Hinton: theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
11 May 2025
“Canadians needs a real Canada first strategy – one with Canadian owned innovation at its centre.”
11 May 2025
Opinion: Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Jim Hinton retweeted
11 May 2025
Opinion: Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn theglobeandmail.com/business…
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