Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: IPO payments: 2024Found: Department for Science Innovation & Technology Intellectual Property Office 26/01/2024 Pay Costs PDTM
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: IPO payments: 2024Found: Not Applicable Department for Science Innovation & Technology Intellectual Property Office 21/02/2024
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Intellectual Property Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Paul Scully
On 2 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) spending in the Civil Service.
The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.
The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on smallholder farmers of the measures in the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership relating to the requirement for signatory countries to ratify the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 1991.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The UK’s accession to CPTPP will not change the UK’s existing commitments under the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).
The Government does not foresee any impacts on UK small farmers due to the UK’s legal obligations under CPTPP Article 18.7.2 because there will be no changes to the UK’s existing legislative framework in this area.
UPOV provides for plant breeders’ rights, aiming to encourage the development of new varieties of plants, with benefits such as food security and mitigating climate change.
Mechanisms are available within CPTPP to discuss issues raised by signatory countries.
Correspondence Dec. 14 2023
Committee: Communications and Digital CommitteeFound: Letter from the Chair to Viscount Camrose, Minister for AI and Intellectual Property, Department for
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Civil justice statistics quarterly: October to December 2023Found: Property List (Chancery Division) - Intellectual Property Intellectual Property List (Chancery Division
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Vulnerability Disclosure PolicyFound: Guidance Vulnerability Disclosure Policy How to report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: IPO payments: 2024Found: Transparency data IPO payments: 2024 The Intellectual Property Office publishes
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the cost to UK companies of intellectual property and patent (a) theft and (b) fraud from December 2019 to December 2022.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government takes the issue of IP crime and infringement seriously and is working with industry and law enforcement agencies on initiatives to tackle this issue. The UK Intellectual Property Office supports the Police IP Crime Unit, and last year they successfully completed operations at retail outlets and online, seizing dangerous counterfeit goods.
The Intellectual Property Office is working closely with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to estimate the cost of counterfeiting to the UK economy. This OECD report estimated that fake goods imported to the UK were worth GBP 13.6 billion in 2016. This report is currently being updated and is due to be published in 2024.
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: March 2024Found: Intellectual property data should not be used to describe the level of innovation in the UK, or as a