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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
by Dan Feigelson This post concerns the second of three recent Israel PTO notices regarding patents. In a nutshell, that notice says that if you can’t do a patent filing…
I just received an email from the Israel PTO: there’s a widespread problem with the Ministry of Justice’s computer system, as a result of which users the ILPTO’s systems can’t…
I, like others who use the Israel PTO’s patent electronic filing system, have (sadly) come to expect both defects in the system and indifference on the part of the ILPTO…
I have a case that received a notice of allowance from the Israel PTO. The “acceptance fee” (equivalent to the “issue fee” in the USA) is due October 10, 2025. …
What’s The Point of An Electronic Record That Can Be Arbitrarily Changed And Doesn’t Even Reflect The Record When It’s Not Changed? At the end of April I wrote about…
Last month I wrote about some of the ongoing problems with the Israel PTO’s patent electronic filing system. On July 1, on just two days’ notice, the ILPTO held a…
I wrote in April and May about the Israel PTO’s update to its patent electronic filing system, in particular about how there were many glitches in the system, even as…
Earlier today, the ILPTO said that its patent electronic filing system is fixed (announcement at right). One of my cases in Israel received an OA on December 31, 2024. The…
1. A few minutes ago the Israel PTO sent out the notice to right, confirming what I wrote yesterday: that its new-and-improved system is timely sending out automatically-generated warning letters,…
Both the ILPTO’s patent electronic filing system and database are back online. But there’s at least one interesting glitch here. In the demonstration session yesterday, they explained that whereas in…
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.
