Appleyard Lees partner and patent attorney Paul Beynon discussed analysis from the firm’s latest Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report, and provided insight into the state of innovation across green technologies related to energy production and storage, food production, bioplastics, and recycling technologies. Paul looked at geographic trends in these areas, identified the leading innovators worldwide, and examined how real-world policy may have influenced these trends.
Stephen Davison, Higher Education Lead for the Climate Champions Team and International lead for the UK Universities Climate Network, provided insights to generate discussion of the ‘field of use’ arising from the patents and highlighted the importance of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between the humanities and STEM disciplines in driving sustainable innovation.
Speakers:
- Tamsin Mann – Head of Policy and Governance, PraxisAuril
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Paul Beynon – Senior Associate and Patent Attorney, Appleyard Lees
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Stephen Davison – Higher Education Lead for the Climate Champions Team and International lead for the UK Universities Climate Network
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Appleyard Lees
Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm, with over 70 patent and trademark attorneys and IP solicitors. It supports clients from a broad range of industries, including chemistry, life sciences, electronics and software, engineering, and physics. Its UK and overseas client roster include start-ups and scale ups, SMEs, University spin-outs, as well as multi-national companies.
Climate Champions Team
The Climate Champions Team (CCT) is a global team, responsible for supporting the High-Level Champions (HLCs). This includes delivering the five-year plan of the Marrakech Partnership, in collaboration with the UNFCCC secretariat and other partners. The team is also responsible for turning the HLC vision and priorities into robust and sustainable work plans, executing on the work plans, and measuring impact. The Marrakech Partnership is basically the platform/community of Non-State-Actors.
