Written statement: Government response to the consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime - May 15

Thursday, 15 May 2025 10:25

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government (Feryal Clark): Our parallel importation laws, which regulate the common practice of importing genuine physical goods that are first sold in other countries into the UK for re-sale, play an important role in many sectors of the UK's economy. These laws are governed by the UK's choice of an exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) rights regime. Or what is commonly referred to as an “IP exhaustion regime”....Request free trial