College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Board

Board means the board of directors established under section 13. (conseil)

College

College means the College of Patent Agents and Trade-mark Agents established by section 5. (Collège)

investigator

investigator means an individual designated under section 42. (enquêteur)

licence

licence means a licence issued under this Act. (permis)

licensee

licensee means a patent agent or a trade-mark agent. (titulaire de permis)

Minister

Minister means the federal minister designated under section 4. (ministre)

patent agent

patent agent means an individual who holds a patent agent licence or a patent agent in training licence issued under section 26. (agent de brevets)

privileged

privileged means protected by litigation privilege, by solicitor-client privilege, by the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries or by the privilege set out in section 16.1 of the Patent Act or section 51.13 of the Trade-marks Act. (protégé)

Registrar

Registrar means the Registrar of the College appointed under section 22. (registraire)

trade-mark agent

trade-mark agent means an individual who holds a trade-mark agent licence or a trade-mark agent in training licence issued under section 29. (agent de marques de commerce)