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date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	164032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK intellectual property system and enforcement framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) delivers high quality, timely rights granting with record levels of customer satisfaction. It is undergoing a transformation programme to modernise and improve the efficiency of its services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to a world leading intellectual property framework that keeps pace with technological developments and that remains world class during global trade negotiations. On enforcement, the IPO’s ambitious counter-infringement strategy continues to build on important partnership working in combatting illicit activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603722

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	UK Intellectual Property Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated and qualified practitioners can appear before the Intellectual Property Office.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	164034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports appropriate regulation of intellectual property practitioners where this is necessary to ensure that applicants and rights holders are effectively represented.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not seen a need to change the current regulatory framework but continues to welcome evidence from practitioners and consumers if they consider there to be deficiencies in the current system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse