# INTERVIEW: Strix Group Plc Benefiting from a strong patent protection strategy

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/interview-strix-group-plc-benefiting-strong-patent-protection-strategy/412751860
- Published: 2018-05-29T10:33:20+01:00
- Author: Giles Arbor

**[Strix Group Plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/strix-group-plc/ketl.l)**(
LON:KETL) CEO Mark Bartlett talks to DirectorsTalk about its IP. With a portfolio
now of over 150 patents, Mark tells us more about this and why it is so important
to Strix, action taken in the last six months in China and Europe and why these 
are good case studies, how getting these products off the shelves helps consumers
and just how much resource is dedicated to protecting its technology and products.

Isle of Man based Strix Group Plc, is a global leader in the design, manufacture
and supply of kettle safety controls and other components and devices involving 
water heating and temperature control, steam management and water filtration.

Strix’s core product range comprises a variety of safety controls for small domestic
appliances, primarily kettles. Kettle safety controls require precision engineering
and intricate knowledge of material properties in order to repeatedly function correctly.
Strix has built up market leading capability and know-how in this field since being
founded in 1982.

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