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Police-screened list linking infringement evidence to advertising revenue
PIPCU's Infringing Website List is a police-assessed information resource used to guide advertising decisions concerning suspected infringement. It belongs to the Operation Creative route and is distinct from domain suspension or other organisations' similarly abbreviated lists.
The released Operation Creative case study says PIPCU checks the evidential standard before qualifying referrals are circulated for advertising action. It requires immediate removal when evidence shows the offences have ceased. The Gambling Commission encourages IWL use alongside its separate advertising licence condition. WIPO's 2019 framework cites IWL as a precedent, which does not itself establish a UK contributor agreement or active WIPO feed.
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) → PIPCU Infringing Website List
PIPCU checks the evidential standard before qualifying referrals are circulated for advertising action. No prior adjudication condition is specified in this case study; this is not a comprehensive powers opinion.
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) → PIPCU Infringing Website List
The dated procedure requires immediate removal on evidence that offences have ceased; no worked recipient-wide reversal or specific mistaken-original-entry test is established.
Gambling Commission → PIPCU Infringing Website List
2017-06-13 – 2017-06-13
2017 announcement encourages IWL use alongside the separate licence condition. It does not make every IWL listing a universal legal prohibition.
PIPCU Infringing Website List → WIPO ALERT — advertising distribution
2019-06-18 – 2019-06-18
WIPO2019 paragraph3 cites PIPCU's IWL as a precedent; this does not establish a UK contributor agreement or operational feed.
Operation Creative: police classification, advertiser choice and list correction ↗
Advertising recipients: recommended contracts, licence duties and commercial list delivery ↗
WIPO ALERT: contribution, distribution and challenge authority ↗
Operation Creative separates rightsholder referrals, police assessment and distribution to advertising recipients. Operators can challenge action; police removal has a stated evidential condition.
Open diagram →WIPO ALERT carries national assessments to approved advertising users. Contributors retain responsibilities and access choices; users choose which lists to use. Review begins in the relevant national process.
Open diagram →White Bullet describes an official-list index and a separate proprietary risk index. Peer39 markets an exclusion offering. Gambling Commission duties give a distinct contractual route for licensees.
Open diagram →Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) → assesses qualifying referrals before distribution → PIPCU Infringing Website List
PIPCU checks the evidential standard before qualifying referrals are circulated for advertising action. No prior adjudication condition is specified in this case study; this is not a comprehensive powers opinion.
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) → removes immediately upon evidence offences ceased → PIPCU Infringing Website List
The dated procedure requires immediate removal on evidence that offences have ceased; no worked recipient-wide reversal or specific mistaken-original-entry test is established.
Gambling Commission → encourages licensee access → PIPCU Infringing Website List
2017-06-13 – 2017-06-13
2017 announcement encourages IWL use alongside the separate licence condition. It does not make every IWL listing a universal legal prohibition.
PIPCU Infringing Website List → is cited as national precedent → WIPO ALERT — advertising distribution
2019-06-18 – 2019-06-18
WIPO2019 paragraph3 cites PIPCU's IWL as a precedent; this does not establish a UK contributor agreement or operational feed.