Industry committee  You know what? I just don't know what stage they are at in their deliberations about this.

Industry committee  At the moment, that's correct, yes.

Industry committee  Yes, that is a possibility as well. Again, it's just my understanding that they are reconsidering.

Industry committee  No, the European Union has its own system, so it is possible to obtain what's called a community trademark registration. That is different from the Madrid filing system.

Industry committee  No, that's right.

Industry committee  That's an interesting question because on Madrid all we have is one provision in Bill C-31 that leaves it to the Governor in Council to enact regulations. So we haven't seen anything about how this government is going to implement the Madrid protocol.

Industry committee  The Singapore treaty, there are lots of provisions in both Bill C-8 and Bill C-31 that deal with the Singapore treaty. The Singapore treaty is all about harmonizing procedural requirements for filing trademark applications.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Essentially.

Industry committee  I haven't heard that, sorry.

Industry committee  It depends. It depends first if the business is represented by an agent or a law firm. It depends on—

Industry committee  The official fees—

Industry committee  It's $250 for the application fee. There's a $200 registration fee. There are fees for requesting extensions of time to file declarations of use of $125—

Industry committee  The fees attached to a declaration of use are so minimal, really, in contrast to what businesses are going to face in terms of litigation, opposition, etc.

Industry committee  I would just add that really almost every business has trademarks to some degree. Retail businesses tend to have a lot of them and so if I'm answering a little bit more directly, I would say retail businesses feel probably the greatest impact from this.