I can perhaps start, and then perhaps my colleagues will want to join in.
Just to answer the last question first, a patent that's granted in Canada applies in Canada. These IP rights apply in the country that they're given in, and that's what's underlying the idea that you patent in the market that you want to sell in.
If it would be beneficial, I have my notes here on WIPO and some other international forums that I could just quickly walk you through.
The WIPO is a 185-member-state organization. It's there to promote the protection of IP and the harmonization of IP laws internationally. Canada has implemented the Patent Cooperation Treaty under that forum. Under Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act, the rights and protections that are set out in two other treaties, which are referred to as the WIPO Internet treaties, would be implemented in our law. There are other treaties in the context of WIPO that are either finalized or being worked on.
There's also the WTO agreement on TRIPS, which is part of the WTO. It's a comprehensive, multilateral treaty that provides standards for the protection of IP rights that are binding, and procedures and remedies for enforcement, and they're subject to dispute settlement. That's been adopted by 154 countries, so it's very broad as well.
We've also taken on commitments in the NAFTA, which has an IP chapter. Recently Canada signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which is pluri-lateral, and it's been signed now by, I think, nine countries. It has standards for the enforcement of IP rights as opposed to the provision of IP rights in law.