Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with major online marketplace operators regarding their responsibilities in preventing the sale of copied or infringing products to UK consumers.

The Government is committed to protecting intellectual property rights and supporting UK businesses and consumers.

The Intellectual Property Office regularly engages with many of the major digital platform operators in the UK and overseas to discuss and develop the necessary measures to address infringements on online marketplaces. These discussions include ways to improve the existing platform processes for identifying and removing infringing content, collaboration with law enforcement, and how rights holders can make effective use of existing platform procedures. It also works with domestic and international partners to promote best practice in preventing online intellectual property infringement.