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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Following the adoption of significant amendments to the Israel patent statute on July 9 and their coming into force (mostly) on July 12, on July 25 the Israel PTO published…
On July 9, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed an amendment to the patent statute that institutes three major changes from current practice: early (18-month) publication of patent applications; third-party requests…
A substantive post on the more notable aspects of last week’s amendments to the Israel patent statute is in progress, but at least one point bears separate discussion: the abolishment…
This morning on its web site the Israel PTO published notice of a job opening. (I was looking for word about the new patent statute amendments, but but found nothing;…
As reported in earlier posts (here and here), a bill to amend the Israel patent statute to institute, among other things, 18-month publication of patent applications has been in the works for some…
Last September, Israel went online as part of the Madrid system for trademark registration. This followed the necessary legislative and regulatory amendments to facilitate Israel’s participation in this system. The…
Yesterday, the Israel PTO circulated a notice via its email list stating that beginning July 1, 2012 it would accept full electronic filing of PCT applications in its capacity as…
Judges are people, including the ones called “justices”. This fact wasn’t lost on the rabbis of Mishnaic and Talmudic period when they laid the groundwork for Jewish law as we…
To the extent I’ve had time to post over the last few months, most of the posts have been devoted to the adoption of legislation enabling 18-month publication of patent…
As has been discussed here before, under the leadership of the previous Israel Patents Commissioner, Meir Noam, in 2008 the ILPTO announced that – contrary to what was required at…
As a result of last fall’s amendment of U.S. patent law, during January the USPTO began publishing proposed rules at a torrid pace. (Since there are other blogs, like Patentdocs,…
I wrote some time ago about an offer I received to pay a fly-by-night outfit $1700 so that a client’s published PCT application could be included in a private database…
As reported in the previous post, the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee met on January 22 to discuss the bill to enable 18-month publication of Israel patent applications. Reports from…
A few minutes from now, the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee will continue its consideration of the bill to enable 18-month publication of patent applications. The Committee’s first hearing…
The previous post analyzed the bill for 18-month publication that will be discussed in committee at the Knesset on December 7, and explained how one of the provisions in the…
In January 2010 I reported about the circulation of a draft bill to enable 18-month publication of Israel patent applications. As straightforward as such legislation might have seemed, apparently no…
Ok, notwithstanding the catchy title, my intent here is not to indict all members of Congress who voted in favor the recently-enacted “America Invents Act”, the real title of which…
The Israel PTO will accept patent applications filed in Hebrew, Arabic or English (as discussed in an earlier post), but I’ve never filed a patent application in Hebrew. Nor, as…
I’m a fan of the USPTO’s electronic filing system (EFS) and Patent Application Information Retrieval system (PAIR) for patent applications. The former enables applicants to file applications and responses, and…
Israel isn’t long on natural resources, but it does have considerable brainpower. Given the sympathetic reception the modern state of Israel received from its neighbors upon it birth, and continues…
One of the big local stories in Israel earlier in the summer was the outcry over the price of cottage cheese. For many Israelis, this is a staple item. June…
The Israel IP community was left in a state of shock yesterday when it was announced that the victims of an apparent double murder in a home in the Jerusalem…
In the previous post I discussed the Commissioner’s newly-announced policy of distributing draft circular letters for comment in general, and a proposed circular dealing with extensions and suspension of examination…
As has been discussed here before, the immediate past Commissioner was disposed to making policy in the form of “circular letters”. In some cases he issued such letters on matters…
The Federal Circuit’s May decision in In re Kao caught the attention of the patent prosecution community in general, and those of us working in pharma in particular, because it…
Here’s a pop quiz. Frank is an Israeli citizen who has a science degree from an Israeli university. He’s trained for two years in a patent firm, and he wants…
I’m Dan Feigelson. I’ve been practicing patent law for over 30 years. I’m also opinionated, as you may discover in reading my writings here.
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