International Trade committee  The purpose of the regulatory-making authority is to make sure that we can meet our obligations, and the first is to provide equal and effective appeal rights. We will do this by ending the practice of dual litigation, and this will be done through the regulatory schemes, through

Finance committee  We consulted with the people at CIPO, which represents intellectual property agents, the Canadian Bar Association and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, which represents all the provincial law societies. So we sought their input, which was ultimately the same position the

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. I don't think the judges were wrong. They interpreted the act as it was written and, in one of the significant cases, found that a patent agent who was also a lawyer and performed both functions did not enjoy solicitor-client privilege as a patent a

Finance committee  The government has made numerous changes aimed at improving and strengthening Canada's intellectual property policy framework. Other amendments are possible. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office recently conducted consultations on a code of ethics for agents. The work will c