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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Fans of Monty Python may recall the “Dead Bishop on the Landing” sketch, which included an exchange that went something like this: “What’s for dessert?” “We got rat…
About a year ago, the Israel PTO introduced an online patent database, in both Hebrew and English. The database enables the public to look up applications by publication number, priority…
While the Jews have had continuous ties to the Land of Israel for over 3000 years, for most of that time they have not ruled over the area. The modern…
In order to represent others in patent matters before the USPTO, one has to be admitted to such practice by the USPTO, even if one is already a lawyer admitted…
Anyone who has been even marginally associated with patent world in the last few years is aware of the severe backlog in patent examination at the USPTO. The Director of…
This morning the Israel PTO published a call for position papers regarding software patents. The text of the notice, translated into English, reads as follows (the original appears at the…
Like the USPTO, the Israel PTO is blessed with some good patent examiners. Like the USPTO, it also has more than its fair share of less-than-stellar examiners. And like the…
(revised September 6, 2009) The Medicines Company (TMC) has a problem. US 5,196,404, the patent that covers its product bivalirudin (sold in the USA under the name Angiomax®), will…
Earlier this week the ILPTO published a decision of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) regarding a request to recognize a late-filed national phase application (IL 187147) as having timely entered the…
Last week, Hal Wegner sent a note around to his email list regarding the licensing of patent practitioners in the USA. Among his observations were the following: (a) …
Both the United States and Israel publish notices of patent applications that have been allowed by their respective patent offices. In the United States, this happens every Tuesday in the…
Israel has both pre-grant patent oppositions as well as post-grant revocation proceedings. Sometimes the PTO’s decisions in these proceedings make sense. Sometimes they don’t. A recent opposition decision, Unipharm v…
/smoothscroll.js רוב משרדי עורכי הפטנטים בארץ מגישים בקשות פטנט בחו”ל באמצעות עמיתים בחו”ל. דבר זה עלול לגרום לעלויות יתר למבקש הפטנט, הן במישרין והן בעקיפין. לצורך המחשה, הטבלה הבאה מראה…
/smoothscroller.js בגדול, ניתן לחלק את דיני הקנין הרוחני למספר נושאים עיקריים: פטנטים, מדגמים, סמני מסחר וסמני שרות, זכויות יוצרים, וסודות מסחריים. פטנטים מגנים על אמצאות אשר הן בעלות חידוש והתקדמות…
/smoothscroller.js /smoothscroller.js Introduction Many patent claims in the life science industries are directed to diagnostic methods. These methods generally involve obtaining clinical data from a patient or a group of…
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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