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Daniel Feigelson
I'm an Israel-based patent practitioner who practices before both the Israel and U.S. Patent Offices
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MOJ and Israel PTO Ask for Suggestions for Amending the Regulations for Patent Oppositions
This morning the MOJ and Israel PTO posted a call for suggestions for changes to the regulations governing patent oppositions in Israel, and the ILPTO sent out an email notifying recipients of this fact. The deadline for response is June 30, 2021. A similar call for comments was published in... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Incorrect Mailing Date on Correspondence from Israel PTO
I recently encountered a bug in the Israel PTO’s system for sending notices to applicants and practitioners. Once upon a time, the Israel PTO sent practitioners paper copies of correspondence. That’s mostly gone by the wayside (patent certificates are the notable exception that still sent by snail mail). But the... Continue reading
Posted May 25, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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A Good Explanation of the Problem with "Progressive" Views of Big Pharma
James Meigs has a piece in the newest edition of Commentary entitled "Thank God For Big Pharma". It doesn't say anything that's not already familiar to people involved in the pharmaceutical development process, but it's still a good read. My only criticism: he doesn't mention Bayh-Dole, but he does discuss... Continue reading
Posted May 19, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Surprise! Israel PTO Messes Up, Er, Redesigns Web Site Without Warning
Posted May 19, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Online Session re: Provisional Patent Applications In Israel
Posted May 18, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Dr. Judith Abrahams z”l
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 met her personally, which is remarkable considering that we ran in similar circles: we lived in the same city for... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It: ILPTO Announces Wrong Deadlines For Filing Patent Oppositions
The USPTO has its Gazette, which publishes faithfully every Tuesday at 12:01 AM (a fact that provided the title for my brother’s entertaining but sadly now mostly-defunct blog). The Israel PTO has its Patents Journal (and the corresponding Trademarks Journal and Designs Journal), which publishes sometime on the last workday... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Israel PTO Launches New Patent Database: Searchable Application Text, but Documents Disappear From Patent Records
Posted Mar 14, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Israel PTO Filing System To Be Offline; and Why I Can't I File Amended Claims At the Israel PTO?
Posted Mar 9, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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More on Proposed Provisional Patent Applications in Israel – Part I
As reported previously here, here and here, late last spring the ILPTO proposed instituting a mechanism for the filing of provisional applications in Israel. In an effort to ostensibly gather input from the public, the ILPTO held two Zoom meetings, one in June in one in July. I say “ostensibly”... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Yet Another Attempt By the Israel PTO to Circumvent the Law: ILPTO Seeks to Expand Its Powers By Fiat, at the Expense of §17(c) of the Statute
I’ve blogged before about how a good thing became less good when it was codified in the statute, specifically §17(c) of the Israel Patent statute, enacted in 1995, which codified what had until then been an Israel PTO practice: you get a corresponding patent allowed in certain other jurisdictions, and... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2021 at America-Israel Patent Law
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PTO Doubling Its Work: USPTO Re-Publishes Patent Application After Patent Has Already Issued
Posted Dec 27, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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It's A Game Console. It's a Chicken Warmer. It's Both! (Or Maybe Someone's Pulling Our Leg)
Posted Dec 24, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Let’s Hear It for the Dumpster!
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 not talking computers and smartphones, which no one assumes are simple. I’m talking things like, how does a potato chip... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Call For Comments: Israel PTO Goes Fishing With Ideas For Statutory Amendments
Yesterday, the Israel PTO published a "Call for Comments" about possible changes to the Patent Statute. Formally, it was the Justice Ministry that published the document, but enough of the content focuses on the patent examination process that it's clear that the ideas in the document originated with the Patent... Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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WIPO Helps Out. Again.
Last week I went to log into my ePCT account. WIPO gives you a choice of doing with or without "strong" identification, but only the latter allows you take certain actions. There are three ways to do "strong" identification, namely with a digital certificate provided by WIPO, by getting a... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Israel PTO Incapable of Preserving the Order of Applicants and Inventors in Patent Applications
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 of shoes under repair. They assume it’s unlikely the shoes are still there, but just in case, Schwartz’s son goes... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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More Fun With the Israel PTO Electronic Filing System
We've refrained from ragging on the ILPTO electronic filing system for a while. Partly that's because criticizing IL-EFS is like shooting fish in a barrel, partly that's because no one wants to hear a perpetual complainer. If you don't like reading whines/rants/gripes, read no further. But if you too suffer... Continue reading
Posted Nov 22, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Free Speech, The Right to Petition, and Patent Infringement: A Thought on Hatch-Waxman and ANDA Filings
This is longish post, prompted by a comment made by Dennis Crouch at his PatentlyO blog. Since much of it deals with the background of the Hatch-Waxman amendment, with which some readers are familiar, I’ll cut to the chase: in discussing the recent CAFC decision in Valeant v Mylan, Dennis... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Israel PTO and EPO Extend Patent Prosecution Highway Program
The Israel PTO announced last week that its PPH and PCT-PPH agreements with the European Patent Office, which were due to expire in January 2021, have been extended indefinitely. These programs allow applicants to expedite the examination of an application in one of these jurisdictions based on a positive examination... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Patents and Technological Obsolescence (with thanks to Tom Lehrer)
Yesterday I wrote about Tom Lehrer dedicating his songs to the public. Turns out that his output includes a song that’s a wonderful illustration of technological obsolescence. But a word of background. The idea behind patents is that by disclosing technological innovations in a manner that enables others to copy... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Dedication of IP Rights to the Public (Tom Lehrer Fans, Rejoice!)
We refer to patents, trademarks and copyrights as "intellectual property" in part because they have attributes of what we normally think of as tangible property. Just as ownership of tangible property – a piece of land or a bicycle – allows us to say who can and can’t use our... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Bill Murray Visits the Israel PTO
Not really. But the ILPTO's emailing today of a link to the recent announcement that Trinidad & Tobago has joined the Madrid Protocol reminded me of this classic Bill Murray scene. In more ways than one. Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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When Science Professors Opine on IP Matters Without Good Legal Advice
The letter below came to my attention recently. It was sent out by two professors in administrative positions at one of Israel’s institution of higher education. Can you spot the errors? Greetings All, Maintaining records of laboratory work is important for the day-to-day activities of collaborative research within a group... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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Can We Please Not Screw Up Organic Chemistry With Political Correctness?
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 for everything. I was a chemistry major in college. My favorite course was my sophomore year organic chemistry course, a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2020 at America-Israel Patent Law
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