Press Release British IP Day 2024

British IP Day 2025 - IP Delivering for Growth

7th July 2025

The Alliance for Intellectual Property celebrated British IP Day on 2nd July.

Themes included:

- The vital role of IP-rich sectors to economic growth and societies across the UK.

- The importance of IP policy across the industrial, trade, small business and creative industry sector plans.

British IP Day

Now in its ninth year, British IP Day offers the opportunity for those who rely on IP for their living to engage with policymakers to raise the profile of IP and some of the issues that currently exist in its promotion and protection.

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Parliamentary Reception

The day ended with our annual Parliamentary reception, hosted by Sir John Whittingdale MP OBE and kindly co-sponsored by BASE, BPI and the NMA. Taking place on the terrace of the House of Commons, the reception brought together key members of the IP community including rightsholders, industry representatives, creators, government officials and parliamentarians.

Sophie Jones, newly appointed Chair of the Alliance for IP and BPI's Chief Strategy Officer, delivered a speech calling for our world-leading IP standards to be maintained and emphasised the UK's gold standard IP framework that crucially underpins the creative industry.

You can read Sophie Jones' full speech here.

Some of the supportive parliamentarians in attendance at the reception included:

Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab, Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) (Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation & Technology Committee)
Pete Wishart MP (SNP, Perth and Kinross-shire) (SNP Deputy Westminster Leader, Spokesperson for Home Affairs, and Spokesperson for Constitution) (Co-Chair of the Music All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG))
Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem) (Lords Spokesperson for Science, Innovation & Technology) (Co-Chair of the AI APPG) (Vice Chair of the IP APPG)
Baroness Keeley (Lab) (Chair of the House of Lords Communications & Digital Committee)
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con)
Lord Foster of Bath (Lib Dem)

About the Alliance

The Alliance for Intellectual Property is a unique coalition of 23 organisations representing IP-rich businesses and creators. Our members include representatives of the publishing, image, art, design, retailing, audiovisual, music, toy and games, business software, branded manufactured goods and sport rights sectors. They share a collective interest in ensuring that IP rights are valued in the UK and across the globe, and that a strong legislative and regulatory regime exists to protect them.

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