Industry committee  It does not, although it may establish the priority for a corresponding application that you might file in China. There's a point in time that applies, based on conventions between countries. From the date that you file your patent application in the country where you first filed

Industry committee  Europe has European patents, for example. You can get a single patent that's effective in a number of European countries, but it still has its issues. They continue to try to improve that system. I mean, there's getting the patent and there's enforcing the patent afterwards. It g

Industry committee  It's an interesting question To get a good patent, it's not necessarily easy. It's always easy to get something bad, but not necessarily good. I could maybe explain that a little bit more. For an individual looking to get a patent, I think it's difficult for them to know where t

Industry committee  It's hard for me to say. I would say probably between $10,000 to $20,000 per patent is sort of a rough range. I think you can find it lower than that, if you're getting in bulk, and if.... It really depends on the technology in question. That's sort of a rough guess, though.

Industry committee  I can answer a bit of that. We just had our annual meeting a few days ago, and CIPO presented to us statistics with respect to the improvement on their end in terms of the turnover of patents in their office. There were some very promising numbers in there. I think they've been

Industry committee  We have relationships with about 18 universities at last count. Based on my experience, what has facilitated our work with the universities over time was establishing a simple arrangement in terms of IP rights and the work between us that so we didn't have to negotiate agreement

Industry committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Jeff Astle, and I'm a member and past president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, or IPIC. I am a patent agent, a trademark agent, and a lawyer, and as such, I work as intellectual property counsel at Pratt & Whitney Cana

Industry committee  Thanks, Michel. As I said, I am not speaking on behalf of Pratt & Whitney Canada, but I am happy to share my experience as someone who works in IP within a manufacturing company. Literally, my office is 30 feet from the heart of our manufacturing operations. Our company des

Finance committee  If I may answer your question, which is a competitive—

Finance committee  I guess my concern, in response to the first question, is that it seems that what the law societies are seeking to preserve here is a competitive advantage over others who are providing advice relative to legal rights. I think that if one reflects on the principles for which priv

Finance committee  The decisions were the decisions of a court, and I would say based on the evidence before the court in those particular instances. I don't know to any great detail the specifics of the cases, but I do know that there have been instances in Canada where lawyers' files, in connect

Finance committee  Yes, I can. There have been instances in the United States where, when determining whether communications between advisers and clients should be privileged, they look to the jurisdiction where the communications occurred. If privilege is not extended in that jurisdiction, they wi

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. There's work to be done worldwide to continue on this path, and I think Canada has moved forward at an appropriate time to address this.

Finance committee  Sure. If we are a jurisdiction in which these protections are in place, officials in their meetings with organizations or groups of governmental organizations can look to us as a model with respect to how these protections can be used and can help encourage other countries to put

Finance committee  There are several dimensions to their concerns.