Industry committee  I don't practice so I'd rather leave it to them.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  I would like to be clear about the issue of consultations, since you have probably received this information. In 2010, the government held consultations on the issue of treaties. I am not sure how broad those consultations were. As other witnesses have said, the treaties containe

Industry committee  The current proposal might affect those industries as well as others. When you talk about the cultural sector, copyright issues might have more of a direct impact,which is not the subject of Bill C-31. As for video products and so on, they would be affected more by patent issues.

Industry committee  They didn't on the content of this bill.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for inviting us to appear before you today. My name is Michel Gérin, and I am Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. With me today is Mark Eisen, one of our past presidents, who has returned to our

Industry committee  There are simple approaches as well. We're trying to do one with the provinces. When somebody is starting a business and goes to the provincial government to ask what they need to do to start their business, it's simple for the person to say, “Maybe register your name as a tradem

Industry committee  There is an entrepreneur from Chicoutimi who wrote this book, Innover c'est bien... breveter c'est mieux!--To innovate is good...to patent is better! She started getting patents in her business. At first she was afraid. Then she made money out of it and wrote this book, describ

Industry committee  I want to add that because of the international aspect of disputes there is one failing in our system where Canadians are disadvantaged when they go into litigation, for example, in the United States. Communications between clients and their patent or trademark agents are not pro

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  We can provide it. It's not detailed here, but yes, we can provide it to the committee.

Industry committee  Actually, Mr. Chairman, I'll go first. Good morning. My name is Michel Gérin, and I am the Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Thank you for having us today and for taking on this important study. IPIC is the professional association of patent a