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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
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…
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…
Israel isn’t long on natural resources, but it does have considerable brainpower. Given the sympathetic reception the modern state of Israel received from its neighbors upon it birth, and continues…
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…
I’ve complained in this blog about the previous Commissioner’s predilection for exceeding his authority. From a just-published decision of Deputy Commissioner Noah Shlomovitz (released today but dated March 30), we…
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…
For people who observe both the US and Israeli legal scenes, one striking difference between the two is the emphasis placed on judicial procedure. Put coarsely, the USA places more…
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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