Food & Agritech

Food & Agritech

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Our patent attorneys and IP solicitors specialise in protecting and commercialising the value of your food and agritech products, processes and technologies.

With demand growing for new foods, ingredients and sustainable farming methods, innovation across the food and agritech sector is increasing rapidly. From alternative proteins to precision agriculture, new technologies are transforming how we grow, produce and bring food to market.

But turning ideas into market-ready products is often challenging. Those working across the food and agritech chain face complex regulation, growing competition and the risk of losing valuable intellectual property (IP).

Whether you're developing new foods, building a foodtech platform, or improving agricultural processes, you need to protect your innovation and position it for long-term commercial success.

This is where Potter Clarkson can help.

Speak to our team about IP for your food or agritech business.

How We Can Help

Depending on the nature of your project, we can call on experienced attorneys from our biotech, pharma, software, communications, and engineering teams, and if required, the full support of our IP solicitors.

Together we will:

  • Advise you on the best strategy for all your IP rights.
  • Register your patents, designs, and trade marks, and help you protect your trade secrets, worldwide.
  • Provide infringement and validity opinions for your patents, designs, and trade marks.
  • Carry out patent, design, and trade mark searches and watches.
  • Defend your IP rights from attacks via a patent or trade mark office, or court proceedings.
  • Enforce your rights against competitor infringement.
  • Draft the commercial, IP, and licensing agreements you need to capture, protect, and exploit your IP.
  • Offer a wider commercial perspective you can use to build and grow your business.

4 Reasons to Choose Potter Clarkson for Your Food & Agritech IP

1. Expertise in your space

We’re specialists in the technologies driving innovation across the food and agritech sector. This includes alternative proteins, fermentation, functional food and feed, packaging, vertical farming, microorganisms, agricultural machinery and data-driven systems.

We also stay up to date with the latest regulatory requirements and share insights from our latest cases. These have included insects as a protein source for food and feed, cannabis and CBD, GMOs, fermentation methods, alcoholic beverage regulations and greenwashing in food marketing.

2. Strategic perspective

Whatever your product or technology, and wherever you are in terms of size and life stage, we’ll make sure your IP strategy supports your commercial goals.

  • We work with start-ups to define a clear IP strategy, build an easy-to-follow roadmap, and support grant and funding applications.
  • For larger, more mature businesses, we ensure your IP continues to align with your wider goals, so its value grows alongside your business.
  • We also provide active IP surveillance of your technology and your competitors, helping you avoid unforeseen IP roadblocks and freedom-to-operate (FTO) risks.

3. Seamless multidisciplinary support

Many food and agritech innovations involve multiple technologies. Because we have expertise across all of them, we can build the right team around your project. You’ll also benefit from our in-house solicitors, who support a broad range of commercial legal needs. This means you get both the legal and technical expertise in one place.

With offices in the UK, Sweden and Denmark, we also offer fully coordinated, multi-jurisdictional support whenever it’s required.

4. Best-value IP products and processes

Built around the specific challenges faced by start-ups, SMEs and investors, our innovative range of fixed-price IP solutions are designed to help you quickly and easily maximise the commercial value of your IP at each milestone, from initial funding to your chosen exit route.

4 Reasons to Choose Potter Clarkson for Your Food & Agritech IP

  1. Expertise in your space

We’re specialists in the technologies driving innovation across the food and agritech sector. This includes alternative proteins, fermentation, functional food and feed, packaging, vertical farming, microorganisms, agricultural machinery and data-driven systems.

We also stay up to date with the latest regulatory requirements and share insights from our latest cases. These have included insects as a protein source for food and feed, cannabis and CBD, GMOs, fermentation methods, alcoholic beverage regulations and greenwashing in food marketing.

  1. Strategic perspective

Whatever your product or technology, and wherever you are in terms of size and life stage, we’ll make sure your IP strategy supports your commercial goals.

  • We work with start-ups to define a clear IP strategy, build an easy-to-follow roadmap, and support grant and funding applications.
  • For larger, more mature businesses, we ensure your IP continues to align with your wider goals, so its value grows alongside your business.
  • We also provide active IP surveillance of your technology and your competitors, helping you avoid unforeseen IP roadblocks and freedom-to-operate (FTO) risks.
  1. Seamless multidisciplinary support

Many food and agritech innovations involve multiple technologies. Because we have expertise across all of them, we can build the right team around your project. You’ll also benefit from our in-house solicitors, who support a broad range of commercial legal needs. This means you get both the legal and technical expertise in one place.

With offices in the UK, Sweden and Denmark, we also offer fully coordinated, multi-jurisdictional support whenever it’s required.

  1. Best-value IP products and processes

Built around the specific challenges faced by start-ups, SMEs and investors, our innovative range of fixed-price IP solutions are designed to help you quickly and easily maximise the commercial value of your IP at each milestone, from initial funding to your chosen exit route.

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Get in Touch with Our Food & Agritech Team

Charlotte Crowhurst
Sara Holland
Camilla Kiørboe
Jesper Sellin
Jason Teng

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