Finance committee  The amendment is drafted in such a way that it tries to specify it in a prescribed time period. This suggests that it would be specified later on in a regulatory manner, which is currently in the bill the way it is drafted. There is currently regulatory power to specify the presc

Finance committee  Yes, thank you. Indeed, there is a requirement for the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to notify a patent holder, or someone who has an application, of a missed payment. This a new requirement. The idea of due care is to show that every avenue has been taken. If, after rec

Industry committee  Thank you for your question. Over the years, many consultations were held, particularly by your committee. Moreover, we, as public servants for the government, hear much about consistency at the international level when we discuss the issue with businesses. There are national sy

Industry committee  Often, it is the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. This organization represents patent and industrial design agents. Consultations are conducted on an individual basis. We sometimes speak with patent agents or directly to representatives from the association. These are

Industry committee  In answering this question I want to make sure that we understand what industrial design is. It's the registration of the visual features of a particular object. So it could be the shape of a bottle. It could be on shoes. For example, Nike has registered its design on running sho

Industry committee  That's why I wanted to talk about the visual appealing, because on the patent we're talking about an invention, which in some ways is more abstract. It's not something visual; it's how things work together.

Industry committee  The Patent Act is not about the use of the invention. You may have other legislation or regulations that would govern something, for example, that is environmentally damaging or things like that. The Patent Act has requirements for the invention per se. Is it novel? Is it not o

Industry committee  I wouldn't say that we have any problems, like the—

Industry committee  In terms of the other countries, the Canadian rights are patented as Canadian rights, therefore a Canadian can apply for it or a foreigner. It has nothing to do with a Canadian company filing abroad. What we're trying to achieve here, by making those changes to accede to the Pate

Industry committee  The key benefits of ratifying those treaties are mainly for Canadian businesses, the innovators. They have been developed internationally to develop a system to facilitate...and some administrative provisions, as we indicated. By acceding to those treaties, Canadian businesses an

Industry committee  Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to talk about the changes to the Patent Act and the Industrial Design Act. As you know from the study of this committee on the IP regime in Canada, it concluded that Canada's IP's regime is strong. In many areas Canada provides more

Industry committee  Thank you. I'll pick up on some of the points that were already raised, just to package them. Innovation is about bringing new products and new services to market. If you take a patent on IP, as we discussed, you get the right, but it comes with disclosures. By protecting the r

Government Operations committee  Well, based on the figures we heard from our colleagues at Travaux publics, it's $5 billion, and the government expenditures are about $200 billion, so.... It's important to look at our own operations, which is partially the purpose of the committee, but in the overall picture it

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Roy. The usual definition of a small business is one with 100 employees or less. These figures are based on that definition.