Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
For all its discussions of different topics, the Talmud contains only a few that relate to what today we would classify as intellectual property, and there's no notion of a…
Yesterday I discussed many of the problems with the Israel’s PTO’s treatment powers of attorney. Today I discuss the ILPTO’s proposed amendments to the Regulations regarding powers of attorney. The…
Last week the Israel PTO announced by email proposed amendments to the regulations (rules) governing certain aspects of practice before the Israel PTO in all four areas over which it…
The Israel PTO announced today that effective July 1, 2020, applicants for registered designs in Israel will be able to make use of DAS. (The ILPTO notified WIPO of this…
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…
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:…
On December 29,the ILPTO launched its electronic filing system for design applications. We haven't yet tested it ourselves…and based on the EFS for patents, we don't know if anyone practicing…
Yesterday the ILPTO announced, via its email distribution list and on its web site (the link to the actual announcement is this one), that a new database of registered designs…
Upon firing up my computer this morning, I found an email warning me that some changes had been made to PAIR; this was confirmed upon logging into PAIR. The changes…
When I was growing up, a Mercedes was considered to be a well-made status symbol. When I was in college, my experience at a summer job stocking spare parts at…
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.