Comments on: Patent Backlogs Continue to Mount http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/09/23/patent-backlogs-continue-to-mount/ Opinionated Intellectual Property News Blog with an Israel Slant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Factor http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/09/23/patent-backlogs-continue-to-mount/#comment-50079 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:30:34 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/?p=1323#comment-50079 Maybe, I think it was an under-the-table deal to get Australian support for Israel to become an ISA, but maybe I am being cynical…

]]> By: genamason http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/09/23/patent-backlogs-continue-to-mount/#comment-50072 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:19:30 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/?p=1323#comment-50072 Yes, but Australia’s tactic of reducing backlogs could also lead to reducing innovation. This potentially sacrifices inventiveness for the sake of promoting efficiency. Internationalizing patent law seems like a somewhat better way to address the problem.
http://www.GeneralPatent.com

]]> By: Larry Rublin http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/09/23/patent-backlogs-continue-to-mount/#comment-50060 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:59:44 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/?p=1323#comment-50060 “in response to the economic downturn, the Australian Patent Office is offering applicants the chance to withdraw their request for examination and therefore to forgo the obtaining of patent rights in exchange for a refund of the official fee of Au $420″.

Perhaps this example of innovative and “out of the box” thinking by the Australian Patent Office is what moved the Israeli Commissioner to put the Aussies back on the list for 17C allowance?

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