Bill C-11 committee  As we understand it, the proposal would remove the government's ability to lower the minimum damages to less than $5,000.

Bill C-11 committee  That is essentially a policy question that would be more appropriate for the government to answer.

Bill C-11 committee  Mr. Chair, I'm wondering if we are discussing the previous amendment or the current one.

Bill C-11 committee  I could reiterate what Rob just mentioned. We can't confirm, but we can take your word for it that it doesn't appear elsewhere in the act. There is a difference between “personal”, on the one hand, and “private” or “non-commercial”, on the other. One place where that would defini

Bill C-11 committee  Could we perhaps confer for a quick second on this one?

Bill C-11 committee  Thanks very much for that moment. The bill is silent on the NPVR technology. That's the first thing. If the question is whether there is anything in the bill that prevents a business-to-business relationship to establish a NPVR model, the answer is no, there isn't.

Bill C-11 committee  Bill C-11 contains new exceptions to support activities related to software reverse engineering for interoperability purposes, encryption research, and security testing of computers, networks, and systems. These types of activities may require copying as part of that research or

Bill C-11 committee  Moral rights in the original work used in accordance with this exception would not be affected, and could still be exercised and enforced. This is because the user-generated content exception in the bill is an exception to copyright infringement only; it is not an exception to mo

Bill C-11 committee  It's difficult for us to comment on these kinds of “why” questions, as they aim at what the government's policy intent was with this....

Transport committee  One of our messages is that Canada's patent regime is competitive internationally. The decisions that are facing companies when they're bringing products to market involve what market they are trying to access, and they will use the patent framework of that market. Definitely,

Transport committee  I would be happy to follow up with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to look into that to see how much I can get.

Transport committee  Generally speaking, IP is a private right, and it's up to the rights holders to enforce it. That said, there have been a lot of people who have pointed out, to take the SME example, that they could use help in understanding how to navigate the system. The Canadian Intellectual Pr

Transport committee  Thank you. One of the questions posed in the invitation to attend today was how intellectual property, or IP, is protected in Canada, and how it stacks up to other jurisdictions. Intellectual property in Canada is primarily set out in four key federal statutes, and they are the