Mr. Michel Gérin (Executive Director, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada) at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Good afternoon and thank you for inviting us to appear before you today.

My name is Michel Gérin, and I am Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. With me today is Mark Eisen, one of our past presidents, who has returned to our board of directors because our former treasurer has just been appointed to the Federal Court.

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada is the professional association for trademark agents, patent agents and intellectual property attorneys. It has over 1,700 members.

Mr. Eisen will now present our views on this bill.