Minutes
16/05/23
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held its AGM and a meeting with the new Minister for AI and IP, Viscount Camrose.
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31/01/23
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held a meeting with the Minister responsible for IP, George Freeman MP, to discuss the Government’s text and data mining proposals.
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25/10/22
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held a meeting with the IPO on the Government’s Text and Data Mining proposals.
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14/09/21
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held a meeting on the UK’s future Exhaustion regime.
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06/07/21
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held a meeting on the application of artificial intelligence across IP rich businesses.
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26/05/21
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held a meeting on the latest issues affecting the UK’s IP regime.
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16/03/21
The All-Party Parliamentary Group held its AGM which was then followed by a meeting with industry representatives from across the creative and IP rich business sectors to examine the UK’s exhaustion regime.
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26/01/21
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intellectual Property held the third and final meeting in its series looking at IP enforcement.
17/11/20
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intellectual Property held the second meeting in it's series looking at IP enforcement.
06/10/20
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intellectual Property: Note for Virtual Meeting on the IP Enforcement Strategy
11/02/20
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intellectual Property AGM Tuesday 11th February 2020
01/07/19
All-Party Intellectual Property Group meeting with Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Chris Skidmore
30/04/19
All-Party Intellectual Property Group Meeting on Illicit Trade 30th April 2019, Committee Room 11
05/12/18
On the 5th December the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intellectual Property held a discussion on the enforcement and protections around intellectual property rights. This was an opportunity to hear directly from those responsible for the enforcement of IP protections on the ground, covering what is working well, areas for improvement and the barriers to greater and more effective enforcement of existing protections.
The panel talked about how co-operation and partnership was the key to success. The IPOs enforcement strategy was discussed and how it was based on joint working with the Home Office, HMRC and Customs and PIPCU working closely with the private sector and Europol. The witnesses also stated that constant engagement with online platforms was vital but could be better co-ordinated. There was also a discussion about funding for Trading Standards and the challenges facing them due to cuts to their budgets and how this was having a significant impact on the amount of work they could undertake around IP enforcement.
The witnesses also spoke about how IP crime is a consumer threat that cant be ignored and that people commit IP offences because it is an easy crime, with low risk and high rewards.
The meeting heard fromL
Huw Watkins MA, Head of Intelligence, Intellectual Property Office
Detective Superintended Peter Ratcliffe, Head of Funded Units, Economic Crim Directorate, City of London Police
Gavin Terry, Lead Officer for Intellectual Property, Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Parliamentarians present included:
Pete Wishart MP
Lord Clement-Jones
Baroness Neville Rolfe
Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP
08/05/18
On Tuesday, 6th February 2018 the All-Party Intellectual Property Group held the second session of its investigation into the future of the UK’s intellectual property system.
02/02/18
On Wednesday, 13th December the All-Party Intellectual Property Group held its first session of an investigation into the future of the UK’s intellectual property system.
11/07/17
On Tuesday, 11th July 2017 the All-Party Intellectual Property Group held its AGM following the General Election and was formally reconstituted.
You can find a summary of the meeting here
21/02/17
All-Party Group meeting on Inquiry into the protection of Intellectual Property
On Tuesday, 21st February 2017 the All-Party Intellectual Property Group held the second evidence session of its Inquiry into the protection of Intellectual Property.
The witnesses included;
- John Noble (Director, British Brands Group)
- Alison Statham (Director of Operations, Anti-Counterfeiting Group)
You can find a summary of the meeting here
01/02/17
All-Party Group meeting on Inquiry into the protection of Intellectual Property
On Wednesday, 1st February 2017 the All-Party Intellectual Property Group held the first evidence session of its Inquiry into the protection of Intellectual Property.
The Witnesses included;
- Ian Moss (Director Public Affairs, BPI)
- Marianne Grant (MPA and Get it Right campaign)
You can find a summary of the meeting here
02/11/16
All-Party Group meeting on the priorities for the creative industries post-Brexit
On 2nd November 2016, the APPG for Intellectual Property and APPG for Publishing held a joint meeting to investigate the priorities for the creative industries post-Brexit, along with the challenges and opportunities which they now face.Pete Wishart MP chaired the meeting and was joined by the Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP, Baroness Rebuck and Lord Clement-Jones.
Speakers representing the creative industries included:
- John McVay (FACT)
- Ian Moss (BPI)
- Stan McCoy (MPA)
- Susie Winter (Publishers Association)
You can find a summary of the meeting here
17/03/16
All-Party Group meeting on the Digital Single Market
The All-Party Group for Intellectual Property held a meeting on the Digital Single Market, with Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG, Minister for Intellectual Property.
It was a public meeting and was chaired by Pete Wishart, Chair of the Group. Other members of the Group, Jim Dowd, Lord Clement-Jones, Andrew Bingham and David Warburton also attended.
You can find a summary of the meeting here
07/12/15
Brussels Visit
In September, the All Party Group for Intellectual Property visited Brussels to discuss the European Commission’s proposals to deliver a Digital Single Market. Following on from this, please find below a link to the report on the Group’s findings and conclusions.
19/10/15
Get it Right from a Genuine Site
On October 19th , the Group held a meeting to coincide with the launch of ‘Get it Right from a Genuine Site’ a new cross-industry campaign designed to champion creativity. Marianne Grant from the Motion Picture Association and Ian Moss from the BPI provided a presentation on details of the campaign including a new campaign advert and details of other elements to the campaign. Further information can be found at https://www.getitrightfromagenuinesite.org/
Parliamentarians attending the event included Kevin Brennan MP, Lord Clement-Jones and Luciana Berger MP.