Amanda Solloway confirmed as UK’s minister for IP
Amanda Solloway, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has been confirmed as the UK’s minister for IP, working closely with the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
In a tweet on Thursday evening, she announced she was “looking forward to working closely with the IPO and the wider community to make the UK’s world leading IP environment even better”.
And in a letter to Tim Moss, CEO, UKIPO, she said she was “very much looking forward to working together over the coming months and years, as we develop an exciting agenda for intellectual property, one that celebrates our successes and responds fully to the challenges and opportunities ahead”.
She replaces Chris Skidmore, who took up the position in September 2019, following the resignation of Jo Johnson, the younger brother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Solloway’s government duties include science and research, innovation, space, and intellectual property.
Solloway is currently the member of parliament for Derby North.
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