Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
The title of this post is taken from a bit that was used recurringly on Sesame Street when I was a kid. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that in…
Earlier today, the two o’clock news on the state-owned Voice of Israel carried a brief story stating that a joint committee of the Foreign Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Justice…
I was born and grew up in the USA, and although I’ve lived in Israel for most of my adult life, I’ll always be an American. Living abroad has, however,…
About a year ago, the Israel PTO introduced an online patent database, in both Hebrew and English. The database enables the public to look up applications by publication number, priority…
While the Jews have had continuous ties to the Land of Israel for over 3000 years, for most of that time they have not ruled over the area. The modern…
Anyone who has been even marginally associated with patent world in the last few years is aware of the severe backlog in patent examination at the USPTO. The Director of…
This morning the Israel PTO published a call for position papers regarding software patents. The text of the notice, translated into English, reads as follows (the original appears at the…
Earlier this week the ILPTO published a decision of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) regarding a request to recognize a late-filed national phase application (IL 187147) as having timely entered the…
Last week, Hal Wegner sent a note around to his email list regarding the licensing of patent practitioners in the USA. Among his observations were the following: (a) …
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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.