Two IPs In A Pod

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 about how their inventions will transform the world. On this episode we're joined by The Janger [https://janger.co.uk/]Director Guy Taylor and patent attorney Chris Aldridge from Mohun Aldridge Sykes [https://mohun-ip.co.uk/christopher-aldridge/]. Gwilym and special co-host Lucy Wharton, CIPA's External Affairs Officer, talk to Guy and Chris about how IP has helped protect The Janger, how being green can benefit retailers and their hopes to win the Build a Waste-Free World category.

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 about how their inventions will transform the world. First up is Hyrdohertz [https://hydrohertz.com/], an innovation in advanced thermal management that increases the energy efficiency of electric vehicles.  Founder and Chief Engineer Martyn Talbot, and Cory Stobart and Rachel Biggin from Adamson Jones [https://gateleyplc.com/people/cory-stobart/], join Gwilym and special co-host, CIPA Deputy Chief Executive Neil Lampert. They talk about their hopes of winning the Earthshot Clean Air category and the importance of IP protection in developing the business.

Wednesday 26th April is World IP Day. This year's theme is Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity [https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/].  To celebrate, we're sitting down with Vandita Chandrani,  Associate General Counsel IP at radiotherapy pioneersElekta [https://www.elekta.com/].  Vandita tells us about female-centered innovation, dragon boat racing, what private practice attorneys can learn from in-house counsel (and vice-versa) and how comedy improvisation is the secret to success.

Wednesday 26th April is World IP Day. This years theme is Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity [https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/]. To kick start this years celebrations Lee and Gwilym are sitting down with founder and CEO of the The Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network [https://globalwiin.com/], Dr Bola Olabisi. Bola talks about why she started the network, how she and the network support female innovators, and the importance of championing female inventors. This year the GlobalWIIN Annual Conference & Awards will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland on the 6th and 7th of September, visit their website [https://globalwiin.com/programme/] for more information.

We're still in The Lamb London [https://www.thelamblondon.com/]! Joining us in the pub this week we have new council members Debbie Slater and Will Burrell [https://www.dyoung.com/en/team/williamburrell], to talk about how they came to join CIPA council and what they love about working with the institute. Also joining in is CIPA Head of Publications Iain Ross [https://www.cipa.org.uk/people/iain-ross/] and podcast fan (and colleague of Gwilym's) Ollie Lam [https://www.kilburnstrode.com/people/oliver-lam].