Finance committee  A technical paper was published by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office in 2001. Following that, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office conducted public consultations in 2005 and again in 2010. In the fall of 2013 we conducted targeted consultations with a number of our s

Finance committee  I believe they did comment. I can't remember what year it was, but you will find them in either the 2005 or the 2010 consultations.

Finance committee  A paper was published on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, dating back to 2001. That was a technical paper and went through the various possibilities for accession to Madrid and Singapore. Following that, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office did conduct consultation

Finance committee  The answer is yes.

Industry committee  A concern was raised with respect to the Nice classification and its impact on small businesses. A full examination of fee impact will be undertaken before we move forward and consideration is being given to not charge a fee per class, so there would not be such a big impact on s

Industry committee  In addition to the savings that a company may achieve by using Madrid—and we do know that small and medium-size industries do use Madrid in other jurisdictions—there's also some streamlining and harmonizing being done in the Canadian trademark office. Even if a company is not usi

Industry committee  Those issues were addressed in the new agreement in 1989, and the United States and Japan are both signatories.

Industry committee  There were issues, and the U.S. led some of the negotiations to have the agreement changed to allow for that.

Industry committee  I think you had it right when you started. Their concern was around, I think, pending applications. Previously you were required to have a registered mark before you could file using Madrid. There were also concerns around what you mentioned as a central attack, where if your int

Industry committee  Yes, we could endeavour to get that to you, but—

Industry committee  Nor am I.

Industry committee  No. I'm not aware of anything.

Industry committee  Yes, and I find that surprising, because the United States does not require use of all of its trademark applicants. The United States has adopted a dual system, whereby those foreigners filing in the United States are not required to provide a declaration of use, but domestic fil

Industry committee  A certification mark is used as a designation of a particular standard, such as that of the Canadian Standards Association. It has to do with making products to a certain standard.

Industry committee  It's generally around functionality, so if a product...you're entitled to trademark protection but not to the extent that it is something that all businesses in that industry would be able to use and market.