Appleyard Lees offers £1,500 IP Prize at Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2024

Intellectual property law firm Appleyard Lees will give a £1,500 IP prize to one lucky winner at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2024.

The recipient will be revealed along all with the winners at the awards ceremony in May.

Entry to the awards, now in their seventh year, are open until the end of January.

This year’s awards feature 16 categories, covering fields such as biotech, medtech, life science, cleantech, tech for good and research.

Cambridge-based Appleyard Lees is sponsoring the AI Company of the Year award, but the winner of its £1,500 IP Prize could be drawn from the finalists of any of the categories.

Amritjot Jethwa, head of commercial IP contracts at Appleyard Lees, is on this year’s judging panel.

“I’m delighted to be among the judges for these prestigious awards, which celebrate innovation in science and technology across the region,” she said.

“The awards demonstrate Cambridge’s continued status as a centre for innovators, and as a UK technology hotspot. I am excited to be a part of the 2024 programme.”

Amritjot added: “Appleyard Lees has supported and sponsored the awards since its inception in 2017 and again will offer £1,500 of IP services to one of this year’s deserving winners.

“Our full-service IP firm includes specialist IP solicitors and seasoned patent and trade mark attorneys. We will provide the winner with a suite of services that are tailored to their business, working with them to identify the best ways to protect, secure and transact their valuable IP.”

The awards shortlist will be announced in early spring.

It is free to enter the awards, and finalists get free tickets to the event, which will attract hundreds of leading lights from across science and tech sectors across the region.

To enter the awards, simply complete the form on this website. You’ll also find the rules and full details of all the categories there.