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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
During a discussion with a colleague following my last post on “overlap” rejections in the ILPTO, it became apparent that a few additional points regarding such “overlap” rejections – in…
35 U.S.C. §101 reads as follows: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain…
No, this isn’t a post about Tony Danza, although when I moved to Israel in 1990 it sometimes seemed that the above-named television show was the only thing on TV…
In the previous post I discussed the issue of amending granted US patents to include new dependent claims. In this post I look at the same question with regard to…
NOTE: This is the first part of a two-part post. This part focuses on US practice; the second part will focus on Israel practice. During ex parte patent practice in…
A few weeks ago I posted about the Commissioner of Patents getting very publicly raked over the coals by a legislator for having unilaterally decided a few years earlier to…
[revised October 20, 2010] In earlier posts, I’ve reported on a number of policies adopted by Dr. Meir Noam, the current Israel Commissioner of Patents, that represent departures from previous…
In late August, the ILPTO published proposed guidelines for the submission and amendment of patent applications having 200 or more pages. The basic requirement would be that the application would…
As reported in an earlier post, last fall the Israel patent community was left scratching its head as a result of the Commissioner’s about-face regarding Australia. Specifically, in December 2008…
(As the Israel PTO is closed this week for Passover, I thought it would be a good time to discuss two not-so-recent ILPTO decisions that pertain tangentially to the Exodus…
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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