The UK IP Crime Group

Updated 13 March 2024

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The UK IP Crime Group (IPCG) founded in 2004 is a membership of representatives from the private sector, enforcement agencies and government departments who have a role in tackling IP crime and infringement in the UK.

The group’s structure was refreshed in 2022 following a review of the group’s purpose and operating methods. The reformed IPCG has been structured to enable the group to become a more active forum focusing on shared threats and enabling collaboration between stakeholders across the sector to identify solutions.

The group is led by an executive board made up of senior decision makers across industry and law enforcement.

The IPCG meets regularly to discuss current IP crime and infringement issues, trends, potential ways to work collaboratively and to share best practice.

To learn more about the group please contact: [email protected].

Current members of the group include:

Alliance for Intellectual Property
Anti Copying in Design (ACID)
Anti-Counterfeiting Forum (ACF)
Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG)
Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers (ACTSO)
Association of Photographers (AoP)
Border Force
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA)
British Copyright Council (BCC)
British Recorded Music Industry (BPI)
Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)
City of London Police (CoLP)
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)
Firmenich
Film Distributors’ Association (FDA)
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN)
Greater Manchester Police (GMP)
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE)
Independent Garage Association (IGA)
International Federation of Spirits Producers (IFSP)
Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Motion Picture Association (MPA)
National Crime Agency (NCA)
National Markets Group (NMG)
National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)
National Trading Standards (NTS)
NLA Media Access
Nominet
Open Plan Law
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)
Police Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
Premier League
PRS for Music
Professional Publishers Association (PPA)
Publishers Association (PA)
React
Royal Mail
Scottish Anti-illicit Trade Group (SATG)
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA)
Snapdragon
Sky UK
Trading Standards services
Trading Standards Northern Ireland (TS NI)
Trading Standards Scotland (TSS)
UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE)
WRi Group

Please note that the group does not provide IP advice. If you need IP advice, please contact the IPO Information Centre: [email protected] or on 0300 300 2000.