Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
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…
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 –…
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:…
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…
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…
The hottest story in Israeli biotech in 2017 was the August acquisition of Kite Pharma by Gilead Sciences for 11.9 billion dollars, and the announcement in October of FDA approval…
[Update, March 5: on February 26, the Department of the Interior filed a consolidated cancellation action against 7 DNC marks.] A few years ago I wrote a blog post in…
If the above title seems to be a non-sequitur, keep reading, because it’s not. There’s been a lot of writing in the IP world recently about a US federal district…
Today Don Zuhn at PatentDocs posted about a report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association, which lists the universities worldwide that received the most…
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.