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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
This post arises from a question that was put to me by a colleague. He wanted to expressly abandon an Israel Patent Application, but when he went into the electronic…
On August 6 DNC assigned 31 marks associated with Yosemite National Park to Yosemite Hospitality LLC, which is the subsidiary of Aramark that now runs the concessions at YNP. These…
Subject matter eligibility under 35 USC §101, and the requirements for compliance with the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC §112, have been areas of rapid legal development…
My brothers and I were active in the Boy Scouts of America in our youth, our father was active both in his youth and then later through much of his…
Presentations will include the latest info on §101 and §112. Stay tuned for more info…
Earlier today, the US National Parks Service announced that it had settled a suit brought by the previous concessionaire at Yosemite National Park, Delaware North (DNC). Although the announcement didn't…
It’s not unusual for a patent applicant to lose interest in an application. I see this most often in the context of failed clinical trials for a new drug; without…
Once upon a time, universities didn’t pay much attention to IP. That has changed over the years. When I was a kid growing up in Ann Arbor in the late…
I’ve written a few times on this blog about problems encountered with the USPTO’s pre-examination processing team (see e.g. here ), and have engaged in extensive discussions about these problems…
The ILPTO announced today that as of May 1, 2019, it will be a part of WIPO’s Digital Access Service. (An announcement to this effect appeared on WIPO’s site more…
The USPTO's computer systems are just that – a collection of different systems. Some of these systems talk to each other, i.e. are linked together and share data more fully…
In response to January 17's post, an alert reader who wishes to remain anonymous pointed out that part of 8(d) of the APAI's "code of ethics" would seem to preclude…
This is the third installment discussing a situation in which patent practitioner X listed himself as an inventor on an application he drafted and filed on behalf of Z, assigned…
Yesterday I wrote about an interesting situation: patent practitioner X listed himself as an inventor on an application he drafted and filed on behalf of Z, and assigned all his…
This is the first of several posts about an interesting situation. X is a patent practitioner here in Israel. He’s a very smart guy, and he’s one of the straightest…
Filed a payment at the ILPTO on December 21. Just now received the submission confirmation: The USPTO EFS issues these kind of receipts immediately, and has done so since…
We’ve blogged before about the ILPTO’s policy for suspending examination of patent applications. In particular we noted how its collection of fees for such suspension is ultra vires, and how…
Not long ago we filed a continuation application at the USPTO, the most recent installment in a chain of applications. The applications all have the same specification and drawings. All…
Due a major computer glitch, from August 15 through the 23rd inclusive, users of the USPTO’s PAIR system for monitoring patent applications, as well as its electronic filing system (EFS),…
On Friday a panel of the Federal Circuit (Judges Dyk, Moore and Reyna) ruled that sovereign immunity does not shield Indian Tribes from patent challenges via the inter partes review…
Gru: "We stole the Statue of Liberty! … The small one from Las Vegas." USPS: uses an artist's version of the Statue of Liberty – the small one from Las…
It's 11 PM. I try to log into the ILPTO's EFS, and I get this message: But I know I've got the correct URL, so I click on…
Six years ago I wrote about Judge Rader of the CAFC and praised his reversing his position on a particular issue; judges don't always admit to mistakes in their jurisprudence,…
Today the USPTO issued patent no. 10,000,000. My brother may speculate why they chose this particular one to be the ten millionth patent. But I'm wondering something else. Here's a…
This is a story about how a good idea that originated in the Israel PTO tripped over its own shoelaces (in a manner of speaking) when it was eventually enacted…
Israel does not require patent applicants to file first in Israel (unless their inventions concern certain defense or nuclear technologies). And as a result, more often than not the first…
Just tried calling an examiner at the ILPTO from a cell phone, and the call was terminated without any rings. So I tried again. Same thing. So I tried another…
It's erev Pesah, when Jews increase their carbon footprint by symbolically burning their leavened products (aka hametz), which they're neither allowed to own nor possess (let alone benefit from) during…
There’s a deadline approaching in a case I filed in Israel for a US colleague. Over the years I’ve handled a number of Israel filings for this person, and although…
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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