Darren Smyth
@dsmyth.bsky.social
Patent attorney and Head of Knowledge at EIP, intellectual property law lecturer (Honorary Professor at Queen Mary), chemist
Legal commentary and LGBTQ+ inclusion
Based in London
Legal commentary and LGBTQ+ inclusion
Based in London
How about Strictly Come Dancing?
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How about Strictly Come Dancing?
There isn’t an official state religion in Northern Ireland.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There isn’t an official state religion in Northern Ireland.
My cancellable core belief is that the correct additions to a scone are, in order, butter then jam then cream.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My cancellable core belief is that the correct additions to a scone are, in order, butter then jam then cream.
I regret to inform you that these insulting incidents only become more frequent (and no less insulting)
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I regret to inform you that these insulting incidents only become more frequent (and no less insulting)
Do you ever take Argo to conferences?
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Do you ever take Argo to conferences?
I will see you there! Going on Sunday.
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I will see you there! Going on Sunday.
Also where there are apparently no white people, even though I am right here.
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also where there are apparently no white people, even though I am right here.
👋 from Whitechapel in East London which is same (also lacking marathon today) despite apparently being basically run by the Taliban, from what I read.
October 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
👋 from Whitechapel in East London which is same (also lacking marathon today) despite apparently being basically run by the Taliban, from what I read.
I wash each pair in a separate laundry bag so they are never separated. And I call the other one “twin”.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I wash each pair in a separate laundry bag so they are never separated. And I call the other one “twin”.
The names of 104 and 105?
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The names of 104 and 105?
The crossed front paws are perfect.
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The crossed front paws are perfect.
Are you sure you don’t mean Chemisry or Chemisty, which my doctorate has at various times been in?
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are you sure you don’t mean Chemisry or Chemisty, which my doctorate has at various times been in?
Fantastic news! Many congratulations.
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fantastic news! Many congratulations.
oh that sounds interesting. i am also good and still mostly pootling with patents. off to Milan next week for a UPC hearing. oh and teaching at QM as well (they made me an honorary professor)
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
oh that sounds interesting. i am also good and still mostly pootling with patents. off to Milan next week for a UPC hearing. oh and teaching at QM as well (they made me an honorary professor)
"convincingly pretend" !
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"convincingly pretend" !
I look forward to teaching the "no backsies" rule to the students at Queen Mary!
September 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I look forward to teaching the "no backsies" rule to the students at Queen Mary!
Did you confuse England with Poland? Easy mistake to make, could happen to anyone.
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Did you confuse England with Poland? Easy mistake to make, could happen to anyone.
An English judge declined to recuse himself in a case where his undergraduate thesis supervisor was one of the expert witnesses. He wrote that during the research year "My recollection is that I saw Prof Baldwin about once every four weeks for about half an hour." www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
Access denied
www.bailii.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
An English judge declined to recuse himself in a case where his undergraduate thesis supervisor was one of the expert witnesses. He wrote that during the research year "My recollection is that I saw Prof Baldwin about once every four weeks for about half an hour." www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
Ooh nice. I did an iodolactonisation in my DPhil work and got a very pretty crystal structure of the iodine-containing product. (Although it did not do what I wanted pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)
Syntheses of derivatives of L-daunosamine and its C-3 epimer employing as the key step the asymmetric conjugate addition of a homochiral lithium amide to tert-butyl (E,E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate
The highly diastereoselective asymmetric conjugate addition of lithium ()--benzyl-α-methylbenzylamide to methyl or -butyl (, [ ] )-hexa-2,4-dienoate, followed by osmium tetroxide-catalysed dihydroxyla...
pubs.rsc.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ooh nice. I did an iodolactonisation in my DPhil work and got a very pretty crystal structure of the iodine-containing product. (Although it did not do what I wanted pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)
The Zoo is also very good - originally founded by the author Gerald Durrell.
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Zoo is also very good - originally founded by the author Gerald Durrell.
it’s Mont Orgueil castle in Jersey.
August 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it’s Mont Orgueil castle in Jersey.