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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
I’ve written in the past about petitions to revive Israel patents (or patent applications) that went abandoned for failure to take some action, most often failure to pay a renewal…
In May I wrote about the problem with the way in which the Israel PTO notified patentees of the initial renewal fees that are due within three months of the…
Patent renewal (or maintenance) fees in Israel are due for five periods of time: for years 0-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-18, and 19-20 of a patent’s lifetime. Normally, the fee for…
I’ve blogged before about how a good thing became less good when it was codified in the statute, specifically §17(c) of the Israel Patent statute, enacted in 1995, which codified…
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…
Ex parte examination of patent, trademark and design applications is usually just a matter between the examiner and applicant, but sometimes ex parte matters need to be decided by the…
As if life weren't exciting enough these days, the ILPTO issued a clarification (in both Hebrew and in English) to its earlier announcement about work arrangements during the coronavirus shut-down:…
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…
On Saturday night, March 21, the Israel cabinet agreed to reduce the number of public sector employees still working. Yesterday, March 22, the Israel PTO published a four-page explanation of…
We reported last month on one of the proposed changes in the ILPTO’s examination guidelines, viz. the proposal to stop rejecting applications having claims that “overlap” with claims of an…
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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