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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In my previous post I mentioned the lack of sufficient technical support for the Israel PTO's electronic filing system. Case in point, a new one for me: the system won't…
The Israel PTO’s patent electronic filing system went online in December 2015, and its use became mandatory for corporate applicants and legal representatives in June 2016. It was a sub-optimal…
[Note: this was originally posted at 11:40 local time. It's now 15:47 and it seems that some of the systems are back online. No explanation for the crash has been…
The Israel PTO announced this morning by email that its computer systems will be offline beginning Thursday August 5 and continuing through 7 AM the following morning. This will include…
This morning the Israel PTO sent out a notice that its new patent search database will be going online this Thursday, March 11, and as a result, the electronic filing…
Last week I went to log into my ePCT account. WIPO gives you a choice of doing with or without "strong" identification, but only the latter allows you take certain…
We've refrained from ragging on the ILPTO electronic filing system for a while. Partly that's because criticizing IL-EFS is like shooting fish in a barrel, partly that's because no one…
Ok, that question is unfair. Obviously, a party CAN file a patent application in Israel that claims priority from a PCT application, as opposed to being the national phase of…
Over the years, in this blog I have written more than a few complaints about the Israel PTO. But one of the good sides of the ILPTO that I have…
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…
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.
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