10/4/2024 8:40:22 AM Gene Editing and EU Regulations – a patent attorney’s perspective By M&C Newsroom Gene editing in agriculture has made leaps over the past decade, from CRISPR breakthroughs to trials with GABA-enriched tomatoes and...
6/14/2024 9:26:59 AM M&C in the news: Proposed EU ban on gene-edited crop patents prompts dispute By M&C Newsroom Great to see Marks & Clerk featured in a recent Financial Times article discussing the evolving landscape of gene-edited crops in Europe....
5/31/2024 12:50:09 PM Agnes Arber - the first Royal Society female botanist recognised by a new PhD prize By Andrea Williams Cambridge University have created a new PhD prize in comparative biology in memory of the first female botanist to be elected to The...
5/30/2024 9:23:13 AM Clarkson's Pig-Loo Protection Ring By Robert Carpmael I have recently finished watching season three of Clarkson's Farm on Amazon Prime Video. In it there was a section that got my attention...
5/24/2024 8:30:57 AM EU ban on plant patents: possible compromise? By Gareth Williams Euractiv are reporting a possible compromise on the EU Parliament's controversial proposals to ban patents on plants. It seems one...
5/17/2024 12:10:17 PM Exceptional researchers elected to Royal Society Fellowship By Andrea Williams The Royal Society has announced the names of over 90 exceptional researchers to be elected as Fellows; and I am so pleased to see some of...
5/16/2024 3:57:13 PM Jeremy Clarkson’s next investment? By Georgia Nichol Mike Williams Fans of Clarkson's Farm will know all too well the struggles modern farmers face. From unpredictable weather to volatile input costs,...
5/14/2024 11:33:57 AM Defra needs YOU! By Gareth Williams That is, Defra needs you if you have expertise in generating income from R&D and IP assets. The UK's Department for Environment, Food and...
3/28/2024 3:08:23 PM Invention Competition for Farmers By Pamela Bryer There is common misconception that inventions (and by association, patents) are the exclusive domain of high-tech enterprises. However,...
2/29/2024 9:39:41 AM Ban on NGT plant patents - bad idea right? By Gareth Williams Following on from my colleague Georgia's earlier article on the European Parliament's proposals to ban patents for plants obtained by New...
1/23/2024 3:28:12 PM My hovercraft is full of eels By Gareth Williams As a resident of the Island of Eels in the East Anglian Fens, barely a day goes by without seeing some reminder of the former importance...
12/8/2023 10:32:43 AM 50 Technologies to shape the future By Gareth Williams An absolutely fascinating read, this report from Innovate UK sets out technologies which might be expected to disrupt, innovate, and...