30th May 2022
In support of London Climate Action Week Reddie & Grose are delighted to host a panel of experts and stakeholders from all sectors of the patent system discussing whether the current IP system does enough to support innovators and entrepreneurs rising to the challenges of the climate and biodiversity emergencies, and how the present system might […]
12th May 2022
The pursuit of cheaper, cleaner and more secure energy has been put at the heart of the governments plans for the year ahead, with the unveiling of a new Energy Security Bill in the Queen’s Speech.
7th Mar 2022
International Women’s Day: Retelling the curious, lesser-known story of one-time inventor and patentee, Carmela Vitale.
31st Jan 2022
In many extensive efforts being taken to reduce the amount of plastic packaging and to make it more recyclable, what if we could shop in a way which could eliminate single use plastic altogether? Enter the refill store, a shop where you fill your own empty containers with produce and pay by weight.
30th Nov 2021
COP26 in Glasgow was long heralded as the last chance for the world to come together with a plan to preserve the climate, and the world as we know it, for future generations. The conference concluded with a pact claiming to keep alive the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C; a result which has been met with guarded optimism given that, at the start of the conference, the world was facing warming of at least 2.4C.
19th Nov 2021
Catalytic convertors are good for the environment. Catalytic convertors are also bad for the environment; it depends what criteria you choose to assess good and bad. One thing we know is that patent applications have been filed in this technology for more than 100 years.
18th Nov 2021
Reducing humanity’s reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol represent more sustainable alternatives to their fossil fuel counterparts: petrol and diesel. Lifecycle analysis shows that biodiesel and bioethanol also on the whole have superior environmental performance when compared with fossil fuels in areas such as global warming, fossil depletion and ozone layer depletion1. Is this technology new? Of course not.
18th Nov 2021
Electric cars are the headline act in modern climate change technology. Glamourous innovative rock stars like Tesla are pushing the boundaries of innovation to enable us all to lose our dependence on the internal combustion engine. When did innovation in electric vehicles start? Quite a long time ago.