皇冠体育app UK IP Crime Group
Updated 27 May 2025
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皇冠体育app 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.
皇冠体育app group鈥檚 structure was refreshed in 2022 following a review of the group鈥檚 purpose and operating methods. 皇冠体育app 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.
皇冠体育app group is led by an executive board made up of senior decision makers across industry and law enforcement.
皇冠体育app 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
- Amazon UK
- 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)
- Companies House
- Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Federation Against Copyright 皇冠体育appft (FACT)
- Federation Against Software 皇冠体育appft (FAST)
- Firmenich
- Film Distributors鈥� 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 the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
- International Federation of Spirits Producers (IFSP)
- Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
- IP House
- Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- National Crime Agency (NCA)
- National Markets Group (NMG)
- National Police Chiefs鈥� 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.
Further information and useful contacts:
皇冠体育app Intellectual Property Office offers guidance on all aspects of IP including detailed guidance on IP crime and infringement.
Useful contacts
皇冠体育app Anti-Counterfeiting Group
皇冠体育app Alliance for Intellectual Property
皇冠体育app Department for Science, Invocation and Technology (DSIT)
/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology
皇冠体育app British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
皇冠体育app Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE)
皇冠体育app Federation Against Copyright 皇冠体育appft (FACT)
PRS for Music
皇冠体育app Federation Against Software 皇冠体育appft (FAST)
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
Police Scotland
Police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)
National Trading Standards eCrime Team
皇冠体育app Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)
Trading Standards Scotland (TSS)
CrimeStoppers
皇冠体育app Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Action Fraud
National Markets Group (NMG)
Anti-Copying in Design (ACID)