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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
[revised October 20, 2010] In earlier posts, I’ve reported on a number of policies adopted by Dr. Meir Noam, the current Israel Commissioner of Patents, that represent departures from previous…
Earlier today I posted about a notice circulated by the ILPTO in response to the USPTO’s decision not to recognize the priority claim of a PCT application filed at the…
[Revised October 5, 2010, about 12 hours after the initial posting. Thanks to Dr. Richard Korn of Potter Clarkson in the UK for catching the obvious – the provisional application…
In late August, the ILPTO published proposed guidelines for the submission and amendment of patent applications having 200 or more pages. The basic requirement would be that the application would…
In the previous post on this blog, I discussed the Commissioner’s proposal to increase the burden on patent applicants, by requiring them to provide not only copies of prior art…
If you’re looking for comments on the much-anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision in In re Bilski, which is expected to be released this morning, you’ve come to the wrong place. …
As reported in an earlier post, last fall the Israel patent community was left scratching its head as a result of the Commissioner’s about-face regarding Australia. Specifically, in December 2008…
Ok, I know that if made into a video, the subject of this post won’t sell as many copies as Girls Gone Wild, nor are its effects as wide-ranging as,…
As noted in an earlier posting, on December 1, 2009, the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee approved the imposition of a fee of 500 shekels (approximately $130 at present…
Hitherto, Israel has charged a single fee for patent applications, irrespective of application length or the number of claims. Two weeks ago, the Commissioner sent out a letter informing the…
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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