Industry committee  Yes. On that I'll turn to my colleague Mesmin Pierre to elaborate.

Industry committee  Perhaps I may add to that. Again, my apologies for the technical challenges here. What Mr. Pierre described, again, is a tool to help our examiners. Ultimately the decision of trademark registration falls to an individual, a trademark examiner. The use of those technologies real

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. Why is the system so complex? What we are providing here are intellectual property rights, and these rights define the boundaries of an invention, an idea. It also gives the applicants a tool that they could then use to trade with, to licen

Industry committee  Thank you for your questions. With regard to the legislation, we continually look at our IP legislation in Canada, and likewise with the trade agreements that we have made over the years, whether with the European Union or as part of CUSMA. We use those as opportunities to ensur

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. My apologies for the technical issues I've had. Perhaps I could turn to my colleagues, Mesmin Pierre and Iyanna Goyette, to respond to the specifics.

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Industry committee  Thank you. As I was mentioning, this survey of 16,000 Canadian companies revealed that 58% of companies were familiar with IP, and 18% held at least one form of IP. Similar to other surveys, we confirmed that IP ownership is more present in high-growth firms and those that innov

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the invitation to speak with you today about SMEs. My name is Konstantinos Georgaras. I am the interim chief executive officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, a special operating agency of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.