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