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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Yesterday (April 23), the Israel PTO notified members of its email distribution list of the publication of a memorandum of proposed new legislation (a tazkir hok) that would change principally…
In 1995, the USA moved to a 20-years-from-earliest-filing-date regime. A few years later, in response to complaints that this effectively foreshortened patent term from the previous 17-years-from-grant if the USPTO…
Once upon a time the New York Times was a respected publication. These days it’s overpriced toilet paper (and not very soft at that, let alone perforated for easy use).…
Two years ago, I blogged about how something that started out as a good idea of the Israel PTO was eventually written into the statute and then interpreted by the…
Yesterday, as part of its initiative to institute a provisional Israel patent application, the ILPTO held a Zoom chat. I’ll report on the parts of that chat that pertain to…
Fans of Monty Python will recognize the title of this post as referring to one of the troupe’s classic and most beloved sketches, in which an overzealous policeman accosts the…
The Israel PTO announced today that applicants whose applications pertain to the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or other means of defeating the corona virus may have their applications examined out of…
A friend shared this link to a comic-style presentation of the difficulties inherent in modeling a pandemic. In nutshell, lots of potential variables (not all of which are necessarily relevant…
Today is the eve of Passover, making this a short work week here in Israel, for those of us fortunate enough to still be working during this COVID-19 thing –…
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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