On 14th July the Federation met with the Shadow IP Minister, Adam Afriyie. Adam Afriyie agreed to table two parliamentary questions on our behalf. The first will be a question on representative rights which will ask the Government for a date by which it will respond to the Civil Justice Council’s “Improving Access to Justice through Collective Actions” report, which contained recommendations made by the Civil Justice Council to the Lord Chancellor. The second will concern the Government’s response to the “Law on Damages” consultation, in which the Government said that it would give further consideration to the fact that it is currently possible to acquire licences for software applications after an infringement has been discovered without any penalty being imposed. The Government said that the imposition of a fine may be appropriate. Again, The Federation is seeking the date that the Government will respond on this.
