Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
A substantive post on the more notable aspects of last week’s amendments to the Israel patent statute is in progress, but at least one point bears separate discussion: the abolishment…
As reported in earlier posts (here and here), a bill to amend the Israel patent statute to institute, among other things, 18-month publication of patent applications has been in the works for some…
Last September, Israel went online as part of the Madrid system for trademark registration. This followed the necessary legislative and regulatory amendments to facilitate Israel’s participation in this system. The…
To the extent I’ve had time to post over the last few months, most of the posts have been devoted to the adoption of legislation enabling 18-month publication of patent…
As has been discussed here before, under the leadership of the previous Israel Patents Commissioner, Meir Noam, in 2008 the ILPTO announced that – contrary to what was required at…
As a result of last fall’s amendment of U.S. patent law, during January the USPTO began publishing proposed rules at a torrid pace. (Since there are other blogs, like Patentdocs,…
As reported in the previous post, the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee met on January 22 to discuss the bill to enable 18-month publication of Israel patent applications. Reports from…
A few minutes from now, the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee will continue its consideration of the bill to enable 18-month publication of patent applications. The Committee’s first hearing…
The previous post analyzed the bill for 18-month publication that will be discussed in committee at the Knesset on December 7, and explained how one of the provisions in the…
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.