Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
I posted the following earlier today on one of Carl Oppedahl's listserves – sort of a follow-on to this earlier post. So far positive responses, but no one coming forward…
Now that we're into the post-ballot-casting, horse-trading-wheeling-dealing part of the Israeli election process, I went back and checked on the Likud video that I wrote about here. It's no longer…
(March 19: see update here.) Israel has national elections next month, in which, yet again, Israelis will get to go to the polls to vote for a party that won’t…
In Czarist Russia, one of the local government enforcers, a Cossack and known anti-Semite, approaches the town rabbi. “I understand you Jews have a book called ‘Talmud’”. “Yes”, says the…
God bless the people at the USPTO who set up the Electronic Filing System (EFS). In addition to randomly revoking login privileges without warning, there are at least two delays…
US 20140208439 published yesterday, with the intriguing title, "INJUSTICE DETECTING SYSTEM, INJUSTICE DETECTING DEVICE AND INJUSTICE DETECTING METHOD". Thinking that someone may have invented a way to identify rogue regimes –…
Last year I helped organize a panel for the AIPLA national meeting on the intersection between IP rights and free speech. One of the speakers was Paul Levy of Public…
If you're going to sue someone for infringement, it's a good idea before filing suit to make sure that you've got at least a colorable argument that your claims cover…
In previous posts I've quoted my colleague who refers to Israel as a country with 21st century technology and a 19th century patent office. I usually mention this when complaining…
Being a patent practitioner comes with certain liability risks. There are many dates to keep track of (the one-year anniversary of the earliest priority date, dates of public disclosures and…
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.