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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Today the Israel PTO posted a notice that as of June 1, WIPO will no longer support the PCT-SAFE software that people need to use to file at the Israel…
I'm prosecuting a case before the Israel PTO in which we requested suspension of examination. Under current ILPTO practice, when an applicant requests suspension of examination1, the ILPTO sends the…
As reported here previously, at the end of October, the Israel PTO announced a pilot program to issue Office Actions in English. The program was set to begin at the…
In 1995, the USA moved to a 20-years-from-earliest-filing-date regime. A few years later, in response to complaints that this effectively foreshortened patent term from the previous 17-years-from-grant if the USPTO…
Yesterday I wrote about an issue notification from the Israel PTO that didn't state when notice that the patent application had been accepted would be published in the Patents Journal. …
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…
[Note: this was originally posted at 11:40 local time. It's now 15:47 and it seems that some of the systems are back online. No explanation for the crash has been…
This morning the Israel PTO announced that, beginning January 1, 2022, applicants for patents may receive their substantive examination reports (aka “office actions”, or “OAs”) in English. This service is…
The Israel PTO announced this morning by email that its computer systems will be offline beginning Thursday August 5 and continuing through 7 AM the following morning. This will include…
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’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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