Industry committee  I could make a comment on that. I don't know if I would personally support including patenting as part of the tenure process, because what invariably happens is you'll drive what I call vanity patents—people trying to file patents for the sake of having patents. I think a patent

Industry committee  The only jurisdiction in the world that allows pure software patents is the U.S., and they have fallen into disfavour. They're very expensive to prosecute as well. Software is primarily protected through copyright. You keep your source code secret. You don't let people see how y

Industry committee  We operate in this pre-commercialization space; so programs of support for de-risking the technology and prototypes.... Quite often you get an idea and then you've got to build a box with some flashing lights and make it look like a product and de-risk it to the point that somebo

Industry committee  I would echo some of the comments that Gay just made. The U.S. offers a very informal patent filing process. It's called a U.S. provisional patent. It's very cheap. You don't need to spend a lot of dollars with patent agents to formally structure the patent in the claims that mig

Industry committee  Good morning, honourable members. Thank you for inviting me to this standing committee meeting. I've read over the years many reports on commercialization and intellectual property protection. It's actually refreshing to be invited to this kind of format to give you a perspectiv