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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
I have a case that received a notice of allowance from the Israel PTO. The “acceptance fee” (equivalent to the “issue fee” in the USA) is due October 10, 2025. …
What’s The Point of An Electronic Record That Can Be Arbitrarily Changed And Doesn’t Even Reflect The Record When It’s Not Changed? At the end of April I wrote about…
When the Israel PTO moved to electronic filing in June 2016, no one had thought about the importance of providing the filer with confirmation that a filing had been made…
In Israel, after the ILPTO allows an application, the applicant pays a fee, and then notice that the application is allowed – the so-called "acceptance of the application" – is…
In May I wrote about the problem with the way in which the Israel PTO notified patentees of the initial renewal fees that are due within three months of the…
Patent renewal (or maintenance) fees in Israel are due for five periods of time: for years 0-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-18, and 19-20 of a patent’s lifetime. Normally, the fee for…
Those of us old enough to remember Bill Cosby before he fell from grace will recall his famous bit about Noah. It actually appeared on an LP as three separate…
I reported earlier this year on the Israel PTO’s updating of its public patent database, and concomitant loss of some documents in the migration. This week, the ILPTO sent not…
I recently encountered a bug in the Israel PTO’s system for sending notices to applicants and practitioners. Once upon a time, the Israel PTO sent practitioners paper copies of correspondence.…
Thank God for bureaucrats – where would we citizens of the modern state be without them? Nearly five-and-a-half years after rolling out its less-than-stellar electronic filing system for patents without…
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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