Welcome to Greenshoots
Greenshoots is a collection of fresh intellectual property insight, analysis and commentary on the issues that matter most to those who invent, manage and protect intellectual property, written by the IP specialists of Appleyard Lees.
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G2/21 – Plausibility
A new EPO referral to the enlarged BoA will determine whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step and plausibility.
IP audits and the UKIPO’s ‘IP Audit Plus’ scheme
An IP audit under the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UKIPO) ‘IP Audits Plus’ scheme, is a convenient route into the world of IP, as UK businesses can apply for funding under this scheme.
Billion Dollar Code: how start-ups can win the Quids Game
Parminder Lally’s article shows start-ups how to avoid the mistakes made by the start-up in Netflix’s The Billion Dollar Code.
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 21: Shifting priorities and working practices for in-house teams post-lockdown
In episode 6 of the podcast, released July 2020, Appleyard Lees partners and patent attorneys
Oppositions, appeals and access to justice at the EPO post-lockdown
Appleyard Lees partners and patent attorneys Bobby Smithson, Jennifer Delaney and Howard Read lead a discussion on
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 20: Doctrine of equivalents and its impact on patent infringement assessment in the UK
In 2017, the UK Supreme Court’s judgement of Actavis v Eli Lilly created significant change
Certainty in the trajectory of quantum computing patents
In this analysis, Tom Gregory discusses the recent increase in patent filings in the field of quantum computing.
Patenting computer simulations: an opportunity for growth in the fusion sector
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) recently started a new collaboration
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 19: a conversation with five-time Paralympic gold-medallist Hannah Cockroft
A Paralympian’s career, and innovation in parasports As the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympics approach, British wheelchair
