It really depends on what you mean by “concept”. If it’s nothing more than an idea, the answer in Ontario would generally be no, other than ensuring that people you disclose it to are bound by confidentiality agreements that protect you. But it’s often difficult to get people engaged in your mission if you propose to tie them up with contracts before they can know anything about what you want to do.
If you’re at the idea stage, in Ontario there is little in the way of “protection” as I think you mean it. Some would say that’s fair – as it’s almost always the execution and not the idea that has value.
But in any event, generally in Ontario the idea would need to be reduced to something more tangible – copyrightable material, a protectable brand, a patentable invention, for example – before the protections under those laws were available, and of course they only extend as far as they do.
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