A Copyright is legal protection for an artistic endeavor. In its simplest terms it gives the owner the right to copy a work and excludes others from doing so. Board games, computer programs, literary works, dramatic words, choreographic, pictorial, graphic and sculptural works, audiovisual and motion pictures, sound recordings, and architectural works are protected for 50 years after the death of the author.

3-Step Process for filing a copyright (4 steps for a game)

1 - Opening a file

To open a file, we work with what we call an inventor’s kit. The kit which includes our official confidential disclosure form comprising of a pre-signed confidentiality agreement from the President which guarantees that your file is treated with total confidentiality. To open a file (Click here)

2 - Send us the signed confidentiality disclosure

When we receive your “confidential disclosure form” filled out, we open your file and compile the documents necessary to register a copyright at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). Once registered, your work is protected internationally.

3 - Analysis of the game

The goal of this analysis is to help you in your designing, production, and costing of the game before you start. There are steps to enable you to save time and money by suggesting how to:

• Identify social factors related to the producing of the game
• Best approach to drafting the instructions
• 25 important considerations when putting a game together
• Game categories and how to identify your market
• Overview of the toys and games industry
• What can and can’t be done
• How to save money with game pieces, prototypes, and advertising
• And other suggestions, comments, and recommendations

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