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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Last week the Israel PTO announced it would be holding a meeting at the ILPTO at 11 AM on Tuesday, September 5 to demonstrate how to use its new electronic…
Here’s another one that I heard today from a colleague in Israel. The issue (allowance) fee was paid in an Israel patent application for an application owned by a company. …
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…
In March I wrote about WIPO's DAS system for the electronic exchange of priority documents in patent, trademark and design applications, and wondered why the Israel PTO charges a fee…
I have blogged previously (here, here and here) about the USPTO's continuing lies with respect to its "docx filing" program, but Carl Oppedahl has done a much better job of…
I had a strange experience this morning when filing something at the Israel PTO via the ILPTO EFS. I had merged two pdf documents into a single pdf document, and…
Following up the previous two posts (here and here) re docx: First, David Boundy says that tomorrow there will be a Federal Register Notice in which the PTO delays by…
Last month I wrote about USPTO Director Kathy Vidal’s statement in October (at the AIPLA Annual meeting) that the PTO was going to deign to continue to let applicants file…
My last post concerned the USPTO wisely backing down from its proposed “voluntary CLE”. This post concerns its ongoing insistence to plow ahead with its “docx filing” requirement. In late…
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.
