Two IPs In A Pod

Send us Fan Mail We made it to a century...not out! Join hosts Lee and Gwilym as they celebrate their 100th episode in the pub with special guest, CIPA Vice-President Matt Dixon. Tune in for an insightful conversation as Matt shares his priorities for his year as President, including his determination to put a UK stamp on the Unified Patent Court and to challenge any attempts to erect barriers to...

Send us Fan Mail It is important to speak out and ask for help when you need it. This is especially true when it comes to the stresses of taking exams, starting in a new profession, and feeling totally overwhelmed. Our hosts, Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts, are joined by Penelope Aspinall from Jonathan's Voice and trainee patent attorneys Elisabeth Pauli (Dehns) and Callum Watson (Forresters)...

Send us Fan Mail The Pubcast is back! Lee and Gwilym are back in The Lamb London for this special Halloween episode. Joining them is Ellie Chiarella from IBM UK answering Lee’s question: is AI the scariest thing imaginable? Ellie is a trainee patent attorney and master inventor specialising in AI interpretability. Over a pint or two, Ellie discusses AI's impact on IP professionals' roles...

Send us Fan Mail The rise of patent trolls, or non-practising entities, has undeniably impacted the patent system. Patent trolls use patents as legal weapons, buying up patents cheaply from companies and then threatening legal action against those they argue are infringing their patents. Our hosts, Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts, are joined by Ken Seddon, CEO of the LOT Network, to discuss the rise...

Send us Fan Mail Intellectual property is central to global trade but IP laws, such as grace periods, are not yet harmonised around the world. So when the Government announced its intention to join a huge Pacific Rim trade bloc in February 2021, there were concerns about a perceived conflict with the UK's membership of the European Patent Office. Fast forward to July this year and the Governm...

Send us Fan Mail A disruptive biofuel... but without the disruption. Today, more than ever before, we need safe, clean, sustainable, and renewable manufacturing for a better, shared, green future. Lee and Gwilym speak with John Archer, Founder and Director at HutanBio, and Kathy Lumsden, Director and European Patent Attorney at Slingsby, about innovative fuel replacements that drive regeneration,...

Send us Fan Mail Knowledge of intellectual property law is central to innovation in science, technology, art, fashion, engineering and the creative industries as well as to business creation and management. IP courses and qualifications now proliferate, but who teaches the teachers? Lee and Gwilym speak with Prof Ruth Soetendorp, Professor Emerita and Associate Director of the Centre for Intellect...

Send us Fan Mail Our hosts Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts introduce the ChatGPT Podcast: Where AI Meets Conversation. Join Dr Nils Rauer, MJI, for insightful discussions and deep dives into the world of artificial intelligence.  This caption was written by Chat GPT  (although a human had to correct the grammar). 

Send us Fan Mail We are an Official Nominator for Prince William's prestigious Earthshot Prize annual environmental awards. Last year three of our nominees were among the 15 finalists - and one of them, Notpla, won a £1M prize . Deputy CEO Neil Lampert went to New York for an Earthshot innovation summit where this year's finalists were announced and heard speeches from Bill Gates and Pri...

Send us Fan Mail That's a wrap on Season 7! Lee and Gwilym take a look back at the highlights from across the series, including  Dragon Boat racing, incredible Earthshot innovators and explorations into the metaverse.  A big thank you to all of our guests. We'll be back for Season 8 where Two IPs in a Pod will be celebrating its 100th episode!

Send us Fan Mail Sunken shipwrecks, love at sea and a ton of wet kelp - our first podcast to double as a movie synopsis with former trawlerman and Royal Navy Officer, Wave Crookes! Seaweed is among the fastest growing sources of biomass on Earth. It benefits the marine environment by capturing carbon, releasing oxygen, and providing a habitat for marine life. Wave has invented a modular system for...

Send us Fan Mail Kamal Kalsi is a wizard with waste. He can take mixed unrecyclable waste residues and turn them into a valuable energy source. His company, KEW Technology is using this amazing patented cleantech to reinvent waste to energy and take us to a world beyond Net Zero. Host Gwilym Roberts and Neil Lampert chat with Kamal, KEW's Strategy Lead Amna Bezanty and their patent attorney S...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine the scene. Your avatar is moving through a virtual world, interacting with other individuals, but as you leave one digital ecosystem and enter another, your avatar is suddenly naked. The moral of the story? Always check whether your avatar's costume is licensed in different metaverses! Our hosts Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts grapple with this and other virtual IP conu...

Send us Fan Mail Anil Gupta is an Indian scholar who wanted to use intellectual property to create social justice and empower the poor. So in 1988 he created the Honey Bee Network , a knowledge-sharing database, to ensure that grassroots inventors could benefit from the economy. Our hosts Lee Davies and Gwilyn Roberts talk to Prof Gupta about his philosophy of "sharing and caring" and ho...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Gwilym chat with Chartered Patent Attorney and CIPA Council member Suzanne Oliver about her fascinating career in industry and in private practice. Suzanne is a former President of the IP Federation and she and Lee get stuck into the intellectual property story, involving both CIPA and the Federation, behind the UK's recent accession to the £9trn pan-Pacific trade dea...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail It was the United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development yesterday. To mark this event, Lee and Gwilym spoke with Nina Ferara, Sally Bannan and John Gray from the European Patent Institute's Diversity and Inclusion Committee to discuss the cultural differences within Europe and how they are helping their colleagues to find a common understanding...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail The Earthshot Prize is the world's most high-profile environmental awards programme and CIPA has been involved from the very beginning. Every year it awards one million pounds each to 5 nominated winners and CIPA is delighted to be an official nominator.  On this special series of Two IPs in a Pod, we're joined by our amazing nominees and their patent attorneys to talk a...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday 26th April is World IP Day. This year's theme is Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity .  To celebrate, we're sitting down with Vandita Chandrani,  Associate General Counsel IP at radiotherapy pioneers  Elekta .  Vandita tells us about female-centered innovation, dragon boat racing, what private practice attorneys can learn from in-house counsel...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday 26th April is World IP Day. This years theme is Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity . To kick start this years celebrations Lee and Gwilym are sitting down with founder and CEO of the The Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network , Dr Bola Olabisi. Bola talks about why she started the network, how she and the network support female innovators, and...