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: 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
Greg Corcoran founded his own practice, Greg Corcoran IP, recently in March 2025 to use his substantial commercial experience, with a clear and thoughtful philosophy: patents are business tools. When ...
Meet the IP Professional: Geraint James – Where Science Meets Patent Searching
Geraint James - Senior IP Manager at PatWorld At PatWorld, our team of analysts are the engine behind the high-quality searches our clients rely on. This week, we’re spotlighting Geraint ...
Meet the IP Professional: Nicholas Braddon – Advanced Engineering and IP Strategy at Barker Brettell
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 first heard of the ...
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 ...