| answer text |
<p>Officials in the Department for International Trade work closely with their counterparts
in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and
Sport and the Intellectual Property Office on matters relating to the protection of
intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government ministers
and our Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter with the
Saudi Arabian government and will continue to make representations about any alleged
broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand broadcasting
piracy on satellite in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped.
This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights
holders.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that there are continued issues of infringement
of UK-owned intellectual property rights across all industries through the use of
IPTV apps, and we will work with the IPO to address these issues and work to protect
UK intellectual property in all territories.</p>
|
|
