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Michael Huynh

General Counsel at Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON) and law instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University's Lincoln Alexander School of Law and Queen's Law.

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Sep 4, 2026

Canadian IP voices

Canadian IP voices

IP insurance: Can startups afford to defend their IP?

Sep 4 · 31m

Lisa DesjardinsHOST

6:11

So tell me, what exactly is IP insurance? What do I need to get IP insurance?

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:17

You mentioned car insurance, and I found that that's actually the easiest way to explain this product by analogizing it to car insurance.

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:24

And there's really two main parallels I wanted to walk through, and there's actually a third one, but maybe we'll come back to that later.

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:31

So the first parallel is liability coverage in car insurance.

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:35

That maps to what we call defense coverage in IP insurance.

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:38

So that's protection when you're accused of doing something wrong.

Michael HuynhGUEST

6:42

So imagine you're driving and someone claims you hit their car.

20 MINS LATER

Lisa DesjardinsHOST

26:37

What could be the long-term effects of IP insurance in Canada if it takes off?