America-Israel Patent Law Blog

Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner

Category: Inequitable Conduct

March 31, 2013

Sleep On That: Even When Trying to Help Hapless Pro Se Mattress Inventors, ILPTO Awards Excessive Fees to Well-Funded Opponent

Mr. and Mrs. Gabbai live in Ashdod. They developed a three-layer mattress, which they asserted helps prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In 2007 they filed a US patent application…
August 22, 2012

Is 18-Month Publication in Israel a Trap for Unwary U.S. Patent Applicants?

In accordance with recently-adopted statutory amendments, next week the Israel PTO will begin publishing all pending patent applications that have passed the 18-months-from-earliest-priority date. This includes applications filed under the…
November 19, 2010

Jewish Law in CAFC Jurisprudence: Cancer Research Technology et al. v Barr Laboratories et al.

There’s a term in Jewish law called “migo”. Inter alia, this term is used to denote a situation in which a witness is believed because, although his testimony is not…
November 17, 2009

Licensure of Patent Practitioners (2) – Why Does the USPTO Discriminate Against U.S. Citizens?

In order to represent others in patent matters before the USPTO, one has to be admitted to such practice by the USPTO, even if one is already a lawyer admitted…

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.