Industry committee  Nobody does, because you can't open up every box. That's just not done. How many drugs are sold in your kid's high school? You just don't know. You know there's a problem, but you can't quantify the amount.

Industry committee  From a business standpoint, in my practice, I see this all time. I can't help but think it is going to be a serious problem with the United States. About a month ago, I was asked by one of our clients to register their trademarks with our border authority so that we could help th

Industry committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, honourable members of the committee. My name is Lee Webster, and I'm chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce intellectual property committee. I'm also a partner at the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto and have practised in the a

Public Safety committee  Last night we tried to get some information from the International Chamber of Commerce. We got an e-mail that threw out some numbers at us, one being that the OECD is going to issue a report that has some members measuring cross-border traffic, and the number they've attached to

Public Safety committee  I should say you don't have to go to the Pacific Mall either. My fiancée is Iranian Canadian, and I was at her brother's house for Iranian new year last week. He asked if I wanted to take these home and take a look at them. I said I'm probably not the right guy to see this stuff,

Public Safety committee  Thank you. The first thing I'd like to say is that this is a worldwide issue. Since I've been involved with it, I can tell you in the past two to three years it's been focused on significantly by other countries. A good example of that is the recent conference in Geneva. Last ye

Public Safety committee  I'm more of a traditional intellectual property lawyer. These IP statutes exist for a reason, and they've been on the books for a long time for a reason. People have debated this. We're not here asking for the passage of intellectual property rights legislation. It's there. And

Public Safety committee  One suggestion I would have is to remove the word “knowingly” from the Copyright Act so that certainly the manufacturing and offering for sale of counterfeit goods, knowingly or unknowingly, should be a crime. That will give merchants an incentive to pay careful attention to the

Public Safety committee  I think you'd have to ask why that person would be in possession of so many products.

Public Safety committee  For sale, yes, definitely. That should be a crime.

Public Safety committee  The simple possession of counterfeit goods is not a crime, and we're not recommending that it be considered a crime. We think that would just be too sensitive an issue, particularly for the individuals, like the woman who buys the product in the flea market. We think the problem

Public Safety committee  No, it's not.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mike. Good morning, honourable members of the committee. As Mike mentioned, I am a partner with Osler. I practised in IP law for over 25 years. My role with the chamber is to provide them with some guidance on intellectual property issues. Some may suggest that this