America-Israel Patent Law Blog

Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner

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  • Israel PTO System Filing Malfunctions, But Office Doesn’t Warn Public

    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!

    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…


  • Professor Zelig Eshhar z”l

    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…


  • Bad Advice Abounds: Some Advise To File A CIP, Even When It’s A Bad Move (Which It Usually Is)

    One of the unique features of US patent practice is the existence of continuation applications.  Back when US patents issued for 17 years from the grant date (and were not…


  • Update from Rehovot, started October 27, finished October 29 2023

    Here in Rehovot we went 5 days without any sirens (though we continued to hear many interceptions), then on Wednesday we had one, Thursday we had two, and one Friday…


  • “We Welcome Death”

    This is an interview with Talal Abu Ghazaleh, who heads a large IP firm with offices in many Arab countries.  He begins by explaining that Arabs "welcome death", and that…


  • Another Update From Rehovot

    I write this as an update (since my last update) for colleagues and others. A lot has happened since them. Things here in Rehovot specifically have been relatively quiet over…


  • Like School in the Summertime

    I first heard that line in a Fat Albert episode, from the mouth of Russell: "Rudy, you like school in the summertime. No class!" I thought of it when earlier…


  • Update from Rehovot

    I just sent this by email to a few colleagues. This is a brief note to colleagues who have written (and to some who haven’t). Thank you for your concern.…


  • Problems with My Emails

    Have been having problems with emails – not going into details now, but if you've been sending to djf@iliplaw.com or djf@4d-ip.com and it's bounced back, for now you can instead…


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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.