Finance committee  First of all, following the notice and notice regime, ISPs and rights holders and the major rights holders got together to talk about a standard format for notices, including plain language. The vast majority of rights holders are working with the ISPs to ensure that notices are

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Great. I will switch to part 4, division 7, subdivision D. This is the one that pertains to your question, Mr. Vice-Chair. Subdivision D of division 7 of part 4 enacts, through clauses 247 to 264, the college of patent agents and trademark agents act. The act establishes the c

Finance committee  The way it works right now is that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office works with the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada to set out the exams to become a patent or trademark agent. At the completion of that examination process, which is jointly run by the profession

Finance committee  There's a four-part exam, yes. It's actually an extremely strenuous process to become a patent and trademark agent. It's one of the more comprehensive and difficult sets of examinations in the professional community. It sets very high standards for how to pursue intellectual prop

Finance committee  It varies enormously. The pass rate on the first try for the hardest of the four exams is extremely low. The process is usually done in conjunction with acting as a professional. You can't act before the office, but the archetypal journey to becoming a patent trademark agent is t

Finance committee  It's the same process, and it's roughly the same amount of time. Right now, however, it should be noted that there is no registry of trademark agents. Because you can pursue a trademark on your own without the need of a trademark agent, the commissioner of trademarks, who in th

Finance committee  There is a list, but it's not maintained by CIPO. Isn't that correct?

Finance committee  It is? Sorry, my bad.

Finance committee  No. We're just discussing whether or not you can prosecute it. You may be able to pursue it, but you can't prosecute it before the office.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It doesn't take away the rights of an individual inventor to be able to pursue their patent, but the prosecution right still rests with agents.

Finance committee  Yes. It creates a new governance structure that essentially allows for a more robust governance regime. As I say, right now there are limited powers. It's either on the list or off the list. This will expand the scope, allow for a series of other offences, and allow for an inve

Finance committee  It was to the commissioner.