Written Question
Wednesday 15th November 2017
Asked by:
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Intellectual Property Office report, Share and share alike, published on 20 July 2017, what steps are being taken to address intellectual priority infringement through social media.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Operation Jasper is an initiative that is led by National Trading Standards E Crime Unit and supported by industry, law enforcement and Government to reduce the availability of counterfeit and pirated goods on offer via social media. Jasper has been running since 2015 and has delivered over 12,000 de-listings, the removal of over 75 full profiles and over 100 raid actions. As a result of this work several thousand counterfeit and pirated products have been seized.
Written Question
Wednesday 15th November 2017
Asked by:
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure sustainable, long-term funding for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Earlier this year the Government confirmed further funding for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit up to 2019. Discussions are currently underway on options to ensure the future sustainability of the Unit beyond that date.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Intellectual Property: British Economy
"I welcome your chairing, Mr Gapes. I also congratulate the hon. Member for Selby and Ainsty (Nigel Adams) on the fantastic work he does in stewarding and chairing the all-party parliamentary group on music. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
We do not …..."Pete Wishart - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Intellectual Property: British Economy
"It is difficult to disagree with the hon. Gentleman on that. We have to look at where the force of traffic is going, particularly when it comes to things like copyright, which is critical for a number of our creative industries. The copyright directives we have signed up to were …..."Pete Wishart - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Intellectual Property: British Economy
"The hon. Gentleman makes a fantastic suggestion. We have to encourage YouTube, which is, as we can see from the figures, one of the key players in all this, to see what it can do to ensure that musicians and artists are properly rewarded.
The growing significance of the music …..."Pete Wishart - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Intellectual Property: British Economy
"In our inquiry into protecting intellectual property, we heard just how threadbare trading standards is now, with the smallest resources that have ever been applied when it comes to protecting some of these areas. Will the Minister promise to look at that and perhaps to address some of the failings …..."Pete Wishart - View Speech
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