Meet The IP Professionals
Meet the IP Professional: Mark Jolly – Design-led thinking and practical enforcement
Mark Jolly is a partner and patent and design attorney at Wilson Gunn, based in Manchester. With a practice spanning patents, registered designs and enforcement work, he brings a practical, ...
Meet the IP Professional: Simon Kremer – Life sciences expertise shaped by experience
Simon Kremer is a Partner and European and UK Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis, specialising in life sciences. With nearly three decades at the firm, he brings a deeply practical ...
Meet the IP Professional: Emilio Berkenwald – Bringing a European patent practice model to Argentina
Emilio Berkenwald is Partner and Head of the Patent Department at BERKEN IP in Argentina, where he leads a technically trained team handling substantive patent drafting and prosecution work. With ...
Meet the IP Professional: Nidhi Anand – Shaping thoughtful IP strategy at the intersection of science, law and leadership
Nidhi Anand is a Partner at Chadha & Chadha, leading the firm’s Bangalore and Hyderabad offices. With a background in biotechnology, she advises clients across life sciences and pharmaceuticals on ...
Meet the IP Professional: Andrew Marsden – Advocacy, Commercial Insight & a Passion for Brand Protection
Andrew Marsden is a UK-based Trade Mark Attorney and litigator at Wilson Gunn, specialising in brand protection, UKIPO advocacy, and dispute resolution for businesses operating in fast-moving and regulated markets ...
Meet the IP Professional: Debbie Slater – A Career Built on Flexibility and Purpose
After a long career spanning private practice, in house support, training and even maternity services advocacy, Debbie has launched Granta IP, a consultancy that gives her the balance and autonomy ...
Meet the IP Professional: Keith Loven – Over 40 Years of Commercially-Grounded IP Advice at Loven Patents & Trademarks
With more than four decades as a dual-qualified Chartered Patent Attorney and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Keith Loven, founder of Loven Patents & Trademarks in Lincolnshire, has built a reputation ...
Meet the IP Professional: Peter Cornford – A Life in Trade marks, Mentoring, and Music
With almost four decades in the world of intellectual property, Peter Cornford, Partner and Trade Mark Attorney at Stevens Hewlett & Perkins (SH&P), has carved out a career rich with ...
Meet the IP Professional: Emily Teesdale – Building Smarter IP Strategies
With a career spanning private practice, in-house leadership, and now consultancy, Emily Teesdale has developed a deep appreciation for how intellectual property (IP) strategy underpins commercial success. Today, through her ...
Meet the IP Professional: Veronika Brázdová – From Atomistic Simulations to Sustainable Seas
When Veronika Brázdová launched Brázdová IP in 2025, she wasn’t just starting a patent practice, she was creating a bridge between her deep-rooted scientific curiosity and the urgent need for ...
Meet the IP Professional: Camilla Kiørboe – Building Bridges in Copenhagen’s Innovation Landscape
When Potter Clarkson decided to establish a presence in Denmark, the goal was ambitious — to grow a local team that could bring world-class IP expertise to one of Europe’s ...
Meet the IP Professional: Daniel Chew – Championing Innovation, Connectivity and the Global IP Community
From mobile communications research to global IP diplomacy, Daniel Chew’s career has been shaped by curiosity, connection, and commercial instinct. Now a partner at HLK and Chair of CIPA’s International ...
Meet the IP Professional: Robin Bartle – Blending Argument, Invention, and Insight
Within the Bartle household, “being a patent attorney” has long been understood as a playful insult.“It means you’re being pedantic, analytical, contrarian and generally insufferable,” laughs Robin Bartle. “My family ...
Meet the IP Professional: Greg Corcoran – Strategic IP with a View to the Future/Investment
From Filing to Enforcement: Greg Corcoran’s Approach to Smart IP Management. Greg Corcoran founded his own practice, Greg Corcoran IP, recently in March 2025 to use his substantial commercial experience, ...
Meet the IP Professional: Geraint James – Where Science Meets Patent Searching
At PatWorld, our team of analysts are the engine behind the high-quality searches our clients rely on. This week, we’re spotlighting Geraint James, one of our Senior IP Managers, who ...
Meet the IP Professional: Nicholas Braddon – Advanced Engineering and IP Strategy at Barker Brettell
From metallurgy to patents Nicholas Braddon didn’t set out to become a patent attorney. It was during university, studying Natural Sciences and specialising in materials science and metallurgy, that he ...
Meet the IP Professional: Nathaniel Taylor – From EVs to Agri-Tech, How Nathaniel Helps Power Tomorrow’s Inventions
Nathaniel Taylor has built his IP career around solving complex challenges in fast-moving sectors. These include electric vehicles, smart agriculture, and renewable energy systems. As a Director at Keltie and ...
Meet the IP Professional: Lawrence Cullen – Navigating the Complex World of SPCs
When Lawrence Cullen discusses Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs[i]), he does so with the clarity and passion of someone who has spent decades at the heart of the system—and who still ...
Meet the IP Professional: Joeeta Murphy, – From Lab Bench to Legal IP Strategy
Some careers are forged by ambition. Others by curiosity. For Joeeta Murphy, it was both. A former research scientist turned top-tier patent attorney, Joeeta blends a deep love of science ...
Meet the IP Professional: Oliver Tidman – Brand Defender Helping Businesses Protect What Makes Them Unique
In the latest instalment of our Meet the IP Professional series, we spoke to Oliver Tidman, an Intellectual Property lawyer with a deep passion for brand protection and founder of ...