Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In January 2010 I reported about the circulation of a draft bill to enable 18-month publication of Israel patent applications. As straightforward as such legislation might have seemed, apparently no…
Ok, notwithstanding the catchy title, my intent here is not to indict all members of Congress who voted in favor the recently-enacted “America Invents Act”, the real title of which…
A few hours ago the House of Representatives passed HR 1249. HR 1249 is disingenuously called the “America Invents Act”; for reasons that have been explicated on other blogs, and…
On June 20, the USPTO announced on its web site that it had agreed with the Israel PTO to undertake a pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) project, beginning July 1,…
With the debacle that’s being touted by its proponents as “patent reform” being set for a vote this week in the House, I thought I’d share with readers a letter…
Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring describes, in musically graphic terms, the sacrificing of a young maiden as part of a pagan ritual. In recent years, the United States Trade…
While "patent reform" bills that make little sense continue their advance through Congress toward enactment (see extensive reporting on this at www.patentdocs.org), the same gang of idiots politicians can't get its act together…
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…
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.