Meet The IP Professionals
Meet the IP Professional: Matt Maitland – Drafting for a Global Stage
Matt Maitland is a UK and European patent attorney and US patent agent based just outside Boston. With experience in private practice and as in-house IP counsel at a US ...
Meet the IP Professional: Sam Judge – Calm advocacy in complex chemical patent work
Sam Judge is a partner and patent attorney at Page White Farrer, specialising in chemical and pharmaceutical patent work. With experience spanning drafting, prosecution, opposition and appeals, Sam brings a ...
Meet the IP Professional: Jane Wainwright – Coaching Confidence in IP
Jane Wainwright is a former patent attorney and equity partner who now works as a coach supporting IP professionals. After 23 years in private practice, including leadership roles at Potter ...
Meet the IP Professional: Mark Sweetinburgh – Turning curiosity into commercial advice
Mark Sweetinburgh is a dual-qualified patent and trade mark attorney and co-founder of Sweetinburgh & Windsor. Based in Crawley, he works closely with UK businesses to provide commercially focused IP ...
Meet the IP Professional: Nonny Jones – Taking an in-house mindset into private practice
Nonny Jones is a UK and European patent attorney and co-founder of Alembia Intellectual Property. With a background in chemistry and extensive experience in the pharmaceutical sector, he brings a ...
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 ...