Outreach Committee

The International Outreach Committee of the Canadian Anti-counterfeiting Network is aimed at the following objectives:

  • To build alliances with international organizations, monitor their activities and communicate these activities to members of the Canadian Anti-counterfeiting Network, in order to guard against duplication and to benefit from shared knowledge.
  • To disseminate up-to-date, reliable, publicly available information on anti-counterfeiting issues to members of the Canadian Anti-counterfeiting Network.
  • To amass, analyze and provide useful information from foreign jurisdictions to members of the Canadian Anti-counterfeiting Network on the following topics:
  • International laws, regulations, procedures and sentencing.
  • Successful commercial solutions used by IP owners in foreign jurisdictions to combat counterfeiting.
  • Successful investigative techniques used in foreign jurisdictions.
  • Successful enforcement relationships, alliances and affiliations used in foreign jurisdictions.
  • Successful strategies used by private industry to compile, track and analyze information on counterfeits and investigation/enforcement activities.
  • To encourage members of the Canadian Anti-counterfeiting Network to provide their private intelligence/information to the INTERPOL database.
  • To ensure that Canadian efforts and successes in this area are reflected to the international community.

 

Doug Geralde
Chair

Director Regulator Relations
CSA Group
178 Rexdale Bv
Toronto, Ontario   M9W 1R3

Tel: 416-747-4295
Fax: 416-747-2582
Cell: 416-417-0780
Email: doug.geralde@csagroup.org
Website: www.csagroup.org

 


 

Brian Isaac

Smart & Biggar Fetherstonhaugh
438 University Ave.
Toronto, ON, M5G 2K8


Email: bisaac@smart-biggar.ca

 


 

Terry Hunter

CSA Group
178 Rexdale Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario, M9w 1R3


Email: Terry.Hunter@csagroup.org

 


 

Carol Osmond

Vice President Policy
Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
160 Eglinton Av East Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario   M4P 3B5


Email: cosmond@iecanada.com

 


 

Lorne Lipkus

Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
65 Granby Street
Toronto, Ontario   M5B 1H8


Email: llipkus@ksllaw.com