Written Statement·Commons·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·HCWS642

Government response to the consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime

15 May 2025

Feryal Clark

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government

Labour

Statement

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 th...