Stephen Blake

Stephen Blake is a director at Matter IP and the head of intellectual property at Viritech, specializing in providing in-house expertise on intellectual property (IP) for hi-tech SMEs. With over 15 years of experience as a patent attorney, Stephen previously served as a senior partner at Marks & Clerk and was a member of the EPI Council, shaping the European Patent Attorney profession. They have a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham and have extensive technical expertise in sectors such as automotive, software, telecommunications, and medtech. Their career began in the Royal Air Force, where they worked as an avionics engineer managing airborne systems.