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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
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…
On Thursday, May 20 at noon eastern time, the AIPLA Israel Practice Committee, in conjunction with the Israel Patent Attorneys Association, will be putting conducting an online session about provisional…
Anyone who grew up watching television commercials in the USA in the 1970’s and 1980’s is familiar with the phrase “new and improved”. This was the line used by marketing…
This morning the Israel PTO sent out a notice that its new patent search database will be going online this Thursday, March 11, and as a result, the electronic filing…
We've refrained from ragging on the ILPTO electronic filing system for a while. Partly that's because criticizing IL-EFS is like shooting fish in a barrel, partly that's because no one…
Two years ago, I blogged about how something that started out as a good idea of the Israel PTO was eventually written into the statute and then interpreted by the…
Ok, that question is unfair. Obviously, a party CAN file a patent application in Israel that claims priority from a PCT application, as opposed to being the national phase of…
A few months ago, Israel made headlines for implementing, for the first time, the state's right to grant a compulsory license for pharmaceuticals. Today, the Israel PTO concluded another first,…
The Israel PTO announced today that effective July 1, 2020, applicants for registered designs in Israel will be able to make use of DAS. (The ILPTO notified WIPO of this…
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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