July 7, 2009
Under Israel Law, once allowed by an Examiner, a patent application publishes and oppositions may be filed within three months of publication. Grounds for opposition including, inter alia, lack of novelty, obviousness, that the opposer and not the applicant is the true inventor.
In the cases in question are IL 131392 and it’s divisionals: IL166189 and IL 166550, and IL 135898, all relating to addition of hydrogen about the C=C double bond of thiazolidinedione TZD in the production of Rosiglitazone, with IL 131392 and IL166189 and IL 166550 relating to use of the relatively gentle borohydride reducing agent on the thiazolidinedione and IL 135898 relating to achieving the same product by reacting the with hydrogen in the presence of a palladium on carbon catalyst under Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
July 7, 2009
In the 2009 General Meeting on Sunday, in her overview of activities of the Association of Patent Attorneys in Israel, outgoing chairperson, Ms. Michal Hackmey, pointed out that since it was a voluntary professional body, the Association of Patent Attorneys in Israel lacked the teeth to be able to enforce decisions, and that many practitioners weren’t members.
The situation regarding patent attorneys in Israel is different from that regarding Israel Attorneys-at-Law who can be struck off for malpractice and the Ethics Committee of the Israel Bar is able to suspend or otherwise discipline members. Unless one is a member of the Israel Bar, one cannot practice law – appart from the exceptions that is, like accountants practicing tax law, etc.
So what happens with patent attorneys overseas?
Apparently, Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
July 7, 2009
This evening, JMB, Factor & Co. together with ONO’s IP at Work initiative headed up by Dr. Shlomit Yanitzky Ravid, held an IP Seminar focusing on cleantech.
After words of introduction and an overview of the ONO College by Dr. Yanitzky Ravid, we were honoured with a presentation by US Attorney, Jeffery Rothenberg of the Cleantech Read the rest of this entry »
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