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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In March I wrote about WIPO's DAS system for the electronic exchange of priority documents in patent, trademark and design applications, and wondered why the Israel PTO charges a fee…
Filed a patent prosecution highway (PPH) request with the Israel PTO at 13:30 this afternoon, asking that a patent application be examined out of turn because the claims are identical…
I have blogged previously (here, here and here) about the USPTO's continuing lies with respect to its "docx filing" program, but Carl Oppedahl has done a much better job of…
"Do not cast me off in old age; when my strength fails, do not forsake me!" (Psalms 71:9) אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי לְעֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּכְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃ One of my favorite albums…
We heard earlier this week about the passing of 102-year-old Al Jaffee, who for many years wrote for MAD Magazine, and who only retired from cartooning three years ago. His…
I’ve been spending Passover at the lowest point on the earth’s surface not covered by water, viz. on the shore of the Dead Sea, or what these days (as will…
To IP professionals, "DAS" stands for "Digital Access Service", a service run by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As explained on WIPO's site: "The WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS)…
Another example of lawyers being a different breed than patent attorneys: members of Board of Trustees of California State Bar admit they screwed up by not investigating over 200 complaints…
Cannabis has become a become a big (legal) business in recent years. This weekend marked the death of Raphael Mechoulam at the age of 92. An emeritus professor at Hebrew…
For those who don't speak Hebrew, the bottom line says, "Cream Cheese 25% Fat – New Recipe".
Patent renewal fees, also sometimes called maintenance fees or annuities, are a feature of most patent systems. Readers can look at economic-analysis-of-law textbooks for an explanation of the economic rationale…
In a press release from today and a Federal Register Notice that will be published tomorrow, the USPTO announces that in April it will be moving to electronically issued patents,…
I had a strange experience this morning when filing something at the Israel PTO via the ILPTO EFS. I had merged two pdf documents into a single pdf document, and…
In a previous post I stated that the Israel PTO did not use its regular email subscription list to inform people about its recently-held "roundtable" on possible "ethics rules" for…
I didn't see anything about this on the Israel PTO's web site, but from the Patents Journal that published on February 1, I see that Israel hit patent application no.…
This afternoon, the Israel PTO and Justice Ministry held a roundtable discussion about in-the-works draft ethics rules for patent practitioners. I may or may not report more on the meeting…
On January 8, the Israel PTO, in conjunction with the Department of Policy Planning and Strategy in the Ministry of Justice, announced a “roundtable” meeting scheduled for January 31 at…
There was a piece last week in The American Spectator that argues that the 1998 SCOTUS decision Clinton v City of New York is the worst supreme court decision ever.…
Following up the previous two posts (here and here) re docx: First, David Boundy says that tomorrow there will be a Federal Register Notice in which the PTO delays by…
Last month I wrote about USPTO Director Kathy Vidal’s statement in October (at the AIPLA Annual meeting) that the PTO was going to deign to continue to let applicants file…
Well, that didn't take long. On Friday I wrote about B&J's virtue-signaling (or is it peccancy-signaling?) statement on its website regarding Israel, noting that they still had Israel listed a…
Yesterday, Unilever published a one-liner on its web site: “Unilever is pleased to announce that the litigation with Ben & Jerry’s Independent Board has been resolved.” There’s a longer story…
I’ve written twice before about the saga of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Israel, specifically about (a) the 2021 decision by the B&J board to not renew the license…
My last post concerned the USPTO wisely backing down from its proposed “voluntary CLE”. This post concerns its ongoing insistence to plow ahead with its “docx filing” requirement. In late…
In October 2020, the USPTO proposed a scheme of voluntary continuing legal education (CLE) for patent practitioners. The PTO would be among the CLE providers, and would make a public…
Someone I met at the recent AIPLA meeting (the same person I mentioned in my previous post, who serves as in-house patent counsel for a company with a tight budget)…
Exactly one year ago, I wrote about the Israel PTO’s announcement of its plan to issue patent office actions (examination reports) in English for those who wished to receive them in…
Yesterday, after Europe had gone to bed, a subscriber to Carl Oppedahl's PCT listserv asked a question: what does one do when filing a PCT application when one of the…
Went to login to file something at the Israel PTO, and got the notice at the bottom of the login window below: If you don't read Hebrew, it says, "There…
That title is a bit misleading, because Paxlovid does have patent protection. But that wasn't the case when it was first approved. “Paxlovid” is the name given to Pfizer’s product…
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.
