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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In the past two weeks, the Israel PTO has published three notices concerning patents via its email distribution list, although as far as I can tell, only of them appears…
I just received an email from the Israel PTO: there’s a widespread problem with the Ministry of Justice’s computer system, as a result of which users the ILPTO’s systems can’t…
This past Shabbat, Jews around the world began the annual cycle of reading the Torah from the beginning of Sefer Breishit (the Book of Genesis). At the end of this…
…waiting for the Israel PTO to issue an application number for a PCT national phase entry I effected this morning. In the USA, I get the application number IMMEDIATELY upon…
I, like others who use the Israel PTO’s patent electronic filing system, have (sadly) come to expect both defects in the system and indifference on the part of the ILPTO…
Last year I compared the number of US patents granted in 2024 that list at least one Israeli inventor to the number granted that list at least one inventor from…
In April this year, the USPTO announced a new program that it’s calling “PIER”, which is short for “PCT Informed Examination Request Pilot Program”. Under PIER, certain US PCT national…
The ILPTO’s filing system for patents underwent a substantive re-design in 2025, and it still leaves much to be desired. One of its biggest problems is that it doesn’t immediately…
We’re Back! This blog used to be hosted by a company called Typepad. Typepad shut down about a year ago, and I didn’t get around to re-starting the blog until…
I’ve mentioned previously that my wife’s building at Weizmann was rendered unusable as a result of some ballistic missiles the fun-loving Moslems running Iran gifted us. What I didn’t mention…
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.
