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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
The USPTO plans to transition from the current combination of PAIR/EFS/EPAS/FM for submitting and viewing documents and for paying fees to a single system called "Patent Center". Last month the…
Over the past two weeks, the Israel Ministry of Health has been easing corona virus-related restrictions. Students in grades 11-12 have returned (partly) to classes and matriculation examinations, younger grades…
The Israel Embassy in Geneva has organized a webinar that will take place on May 7 at 16:00 Israel time (09:00 Eastern time in the US). The main speaker will…
Today the Government of Israel (the cabinet, in American-speak) allowed most small businesses to reopen. Sadly, according to an announcement sent out today by the Israel PTO, the government is…
Over the years, in this blog I have written more than a few complaints about the Israel PTO. But one of the good sides of the ILPTO that I have…
The ILPTO's web site has been inaccessible to me, at least since last night, when I attempted to access it using my regular internet connection. This means that I have…
The Israel PTO announced today that applicants whose applications pertain to the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or other means of defeating the corona virus may have their applications examined out of…
A friend shared this link to a comic-style presentation of the difficulties inherent in modeling a pandemic. In nutshell, lots of potential variables (not all of which are necessarily relevant…
Today is the eve of Passover, making this a short work week here in Israel, for those of us fortunate enough to still be working during this COVID-19 thing –…
Maria Eliseeva is a patent attorney in Massachusetts who practices before the patent offices of both the USA and Russia. Being a bilingual practitioner, she is acutely aware of the…
Yesterday the USPTO announced that, in the wake of Congress granting the Commissioner additional powers as part of its COVID-19 response bill, the PTO would grant extensions of some deadlines.…
As if life weren't exciting enough these days, the ILPTO issued a clarification (in both Hebrew and in English) to its earlier announcement about work arrangements during the coronavirus shut-down:…
After last week's fanfare (in Israel, anyway) about the Israeli government exercising rights under section 104 of the patent statute to allow importation of a generic of Abbvie's Kaletra tablets,…
Further to yesterday's blog post, today the ILPTO published an English translation of its notice about work arrangements during the Coronavirus shutdown. Update March 27: the ILPTO published a further…
On Saturday night, March 21, the Israel cabinet agreed to reduce the number of public sector employees still working. Yesterday, March 22, the Israel PTO published a four-page explanation of…
As I mentioned yesterday, the Minister of Health signed an order this week allowing the state to import generic Kaletra (a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir) to be used, potentially,…
The Israel Patent Statute was enacted in 1967. Despite being amended several times since then, most recently in 2012, it has always contained two provisions to enable third parties to…
I've lost track of the number of emails I've received from law firms around the world, letting me know that they're still operating despite the coronavirus, and informing me of…
This has nothing to do with patents. I suppose it's IP-related in that, with regard to copyright, this is an example of parody and/or fair use. But since the coronavirus…
In what was one of my father’s few extravagances in life – and I think the only one that was publicly visible – in the early 1980’s he bought a…
Trademarks are not a regular part of my practice, but I don’t think there’s a patent practitioner out there who isn’t at least a bit sensitive to trademark issues. US-based…
We reported last month on one of the proposed changes in the ILPTO’s examination guidelines, viz. the proposal to stop rejecting applications having claims that “overlap” with claims of an…
We have from time to time blogged about the Israel PTO’s obsession with “overlap” between patent claims, an obsession which in our view is unfounded, being based on a far…
I think anyone who works in more than one language has stories about “machine generated” translations. One of my favorites is one that appears on restaurant menus in Israel: it’s…
In the previous blog post I discussed the recent decision of the Israel High Court of Justice, which clarified that employee-inventors are not necessarily due compensation for their inventions, that…
The Israel Patent Statute includes a few sections (131-136) dealing with inventions invented by employees. Section 132 establishes a default setting whereby an invention made by an employee during the…
Maybe in the future I'll post something about the basics of protecting trade secrets. Yesterday's Dilbert cartoon gives a good example of how NOT to protect a company's trade secrets…
Economists like to explain how attempts by states to control economies almost always result in failure, such as shortages or surpluses of goods. A textbook example, happening right now in…
One of the difficulties with patent examination is that it can take a long time. If, as an applicant, you’re not in rush, that’s fine. But sometimes you don’t want…
Last week, Israel deposited the instrument of accession to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement. The Hague Agreement is to designs what the Madrid system is to trademarks:…
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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