Jim Hinton

Jim Hinton is an accomplished intellectual property lawyer and strategist, currently serving as the Director and Corporate Secretary at ICTC-CTIC since September 2023. As the Founder of Own Innovation and an active IP lawyer, Jim has engaged in roles such as Co-Founder of Innovation Asset Collective and Assistant Professor at Western University. Additional experience includes being a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and previously working as a lawyer and patent and trademark agent at Bereskin & Parr LLP and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Jim Hinton's early career involved engineering and project management roles at DBG Canada and Troy Manufacturing. Jim holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University.