Sean Martineau

Canadian Intellectual Property Office, CA

Sean Martineau is a Senior Economist in the Policy, International Affairs and Economic Research Office at CIPO.  He started working for CIPO in December 2011.  Sean has a Masters in Economics from the University of Ottawa and is a Chartered Professional Account (CPA).  His work experience over the past 15 years lies mostly in Government, working for the department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Statistics Canada, Agriculture Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.  Sean has significant experience working in market analysis research, business intelligence reporting, and working on policy specifically related to the automotive industry around environmental regulations and implementation of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive and Economic Free Trade Agreement (CETA).  Sean's role at CIPO is to lead the IP Analytics unit responsible for developing reports focused on specific technology sectors.  By implementing IP Analytics, CIPO will increase the evidence-based decision-making capabilities of executives and significantly improve its analytical capacity.