Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In days of old when dinosaurs roamed the land and my brother still maintained his 12:01 Tuesday blog, he wrote once (I think) about the fact that for a long…
In the first half of 2020, particularly around Passover, there were shortages of butter in Israel. Given the centralized production of milk in Israel, what is surprising isn't that there…
Today marks the end of the shloshim period following the passing of Judith Abrahams. Although I spoke with her a few times over the years, I don’t think I ever…
One of the aspects of being a patent attorney that I enjoy is learning how seemingly simple things we take for granted in modern life are not so simple. I’m…
Classic joke: Schwartz dies, and as his family is going through his things, in the pocket of one of his suits they discover a 15-year-old claim check for a pair…
I’ve been writing this blog on and off for over ten years, and I don’t think that until now I’ve strayed beyond IP-related things. I guess there’s a first time…
A friend passed on this link to me. It’s for an organization that exists to give credentials to patent searchers. Searching the corpus of prior publications, and assessing the results,…
The news outlets in Israel recently ran stories about the discovery of ancient copper smelting furnaces in what is today Beer Sheva (“ancient” meaning 6500 years old). You can read…
Fans of Mel Brooks (may he live to be 120), and his movie Blazing Saddles in particular, will well recall the scene in which the new sheriff in town, Bart…
Two years ago, I wrote a post on this blog entitled “Why we do our first filings outside of Israel”. I wrote it in response to the complaint of a…
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.