I have just a couple of points. This part of the act would provide the Canadian Intellectual Property Office with the flexibility to destroy trademark records six years after a file is no longer active, and once it is determined that the records have no business, legal, or financial value. Maintaining records is obviously an extremely important part of government administration, but there are points where business records are no longer of value, and at that point the cost of maintaining and guarding those files outweighs their value on the marketplace. This provision simply provides the flexibility to CIPO, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, to destroy files once they are determined to be dead, no longer useful, with no business value.
On December 2nd, 2013. See this statement in context.