Published: January 12th, 2021
In response to the provincial government’s recent call to action, Kitchener, Ont.-based Communitech says it’s launching a new program for C-suite executives in both the startup and enterprise scenes to help them develop more effective intellectual property strategies.
Last July, the Ontario government announced a new governance framework and a team that’s focused on the generation of IP in the province. Subsequent roundtables and discussions with tech and business leaders led to an extension of Communitech’s existing Academy program focused on strategic IP. Communitech’s
Strategic Intellectual Property for Tech Leaders program launches Spring 2021.
But, following other high-profile departures, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s move from San Jose, California, to Houston, and the Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s very public exit, and amid a steady stream of news reports on San Francisco residents leaving the Bay Area, Texas officials started seeing an opportunity to gloat.
“While some states are driving away businesses with high taxes and heavy-handed regulations, we continue to see a tidal wave of companies like Oracle moving to Texas thanks to our friendly business climate, low taxes and the best workforce in the nation,” said the Texas governor, Greg Abbott.
Although it’s true that with the rise in remote work easing geographical workplace restrictions companies created in California could be looking for less-costly labor and lower taxes, industry experts say the San Francisco Bay Area remains the innovative center of the US tech industry and that title isn’t slipping away any time soon. Austin, which has long held its