Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In an e-mail message sent out last week by the Association of Patent Attorneys in Israel, a voluntary professional association similar to the National Association of Patent Practitioners in the…
One of the big local stories in Israel earlier in the summer was the outcry over the price of cottage cheese. For many Israelis, this is a staple item. June…
During a discussion with a colleague following my last post on “overlap” rejections in the ILPTO, it became apparent that a few additional points regarding such “overlap” rejections – in…
35 U.S.C. §101 reads as follows: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain…
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,…
Israel has both pre-grant patent oppositions as well as post-grant revocation proceedings. Sometimes the PTO’s decisions in these proceedings make sense. Sometimes they don’t. A recent opposition decision, Unipharm v…
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.