   
  
IP/N/1/GBR/118, IP/N/1/GBR/C/30  
IP/N/1/GBR/T/55, IP/N/1/GBR/E/12  
 
12 February 2021  
(21-1199)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : COPYRIGHT, ETC AND TRADE MARKS  
(OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2002  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright, etc and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Trademarks; Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/GBR/21_1078_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GBR/T/1 ; IP/N/1/GBR/C/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Act amends provisions in copyright law in respect of criminal offences, search warrants, powers 
of seizure and order for forfeiture.  It also amends the Trade Marks Act 1994 with regard to search 
warrants and powers of seizure. The Act also implements the Copyright in the Information Society 
Directive 2001/2 9/EC. 
 
The Act amends the criminal provisions in intellectual proper ty law, relating to copyright, rights in 
performances, fraudulent reception of conditional access transmissions by use of unauthori zed 
decoders and trademarks. The Act brings about some rationali zation of these criminal provisions by 
removing some of the d ifferences. The three areas in which rationali zation is provided are maximum 
penalties for certain offences in intellectual property law, police search and seizure powers relating 
to offences and court orders on forfeiture of illegal material that may have  been seized during 
investigation of offences. The Act does not make any changes to the scope of criminal offences in 
intellectual property law so that the type of behaviour that can give rise to an offence remains the 
same.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal  text English  
Entry into force  24 July 2002  IP/N/1/GBR/118 • IP/N/1/GBR/C/30 • IP/N/1/GBR/T/55 • IP/N/1/GBR/E/12  
 
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  Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  11 February 2021  
Other information  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/25/contents  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kin gdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  