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Michael Factor is an Israel registered patent attorney and lawyer.
In addition to managing the IP Factor, an opinionated blog covering IP issues from an Israeli perspective, I am a member of the Jurisdiction and Law Committee of the INTA Bulletin and will be writing fortnightly Israel trademark updates for that publication.
Over 2009 and 2010 I wrote a bimonthly column in the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR), a monthly jurisdiction report in Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), and weekly Israel IP reports for Intellectual Property Management (IAM).
In addition to a law degree, Michael has a PhD in Applied Physics and an M.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering.
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A review of the AIPPI General Seminar
As discussed previously https://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2019/04/03/association-israel-pepperoni-pizza-iniquity/, at the last AIPPI meeting which was an AGM with lectures as well, the AGM bit didn’t take place due to lack of a quorum. Indeed, a grand total of 15 members turned up, including the… Read More ›
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USPTO Seminar at the Israel Patent Office
On Tuesday 2nd April the Israel Patent Office hosted a seminar about various aspects of patenting. The topics covered included: The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) The patentability of software and business method patents in the United States Big Data, the… Read More ›
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IP Conferences and Seminars in Israel
Over the course of a week, from Tuesday 2nd April to Monday 9th April, there were four days of IP events in Israel. There was a seminar at the Israel Patent Office on Tuesday 2nd April that covered: The Patent… Read More ›
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Voting in Israel’s General Elections
Don’t worry, I have no intention in telling you, dear reader, which party you should vote for in today’s Israel General Election. That is a matter for your conscience. If you are more conservative, you will probably vote to the… Read More ›
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Association Israel Pepperoni Pizza iniquity
Regular readers of this blog will know that I try to support Israel IP events and advertise them on this blog, subject to getting advanced warning myself. I do this when competing firms hold events open to the public, and certainly do… Read More ›
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Get Discount for Best Practices in Intellectual Property Conference
The 7th BPIP Conference is taking place at the Sheraton Tel Aviv on the 8th April, and, in a strange twist due to the national elections, the high level high quality work-shops will be the day before, on 7th April. These conferences… Read More ›
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Hydration Backpacks Again
This case relates to an OEM for a hydration backpack that Shoresh (Source Vagabond) claims was planning on manufacturing anyway, and a potential customer who represents Strider, a company making children’s bikes, who negotiated with them to supply such a… Read More ›
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Patents for Processing Teff Grain Invalidated
Every ethnic group has its own food traditions. Sometimes there is overlap and sometimes the cuisine is very different. We’ve recently posted about Palestinian claims of Israeli approbation of Palestinian foodstuffs, particularly hummus, tehina, falafel and pita bread, and expressed… Read More ›
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Supreme Court dismisses appeals by Fried and IAI for Millions & Billions of Shekels
The present ruling is concerned with a double appeal to the Supreme Court, with Israel Aircraft Industries appealing a waiver given to Israel Fried of court filing fees for the filing fee for first million shekels claimed, and Fried appealing the decision… Read More ›
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Israel Accused of Cultural Appropriation of Hummus, Felafel and other Palestinian Cultural Symbols
A Palestinian lawyer has accused Israel of stealing their culture, by eating foods such as hummus, tehinni and falafel and also by selling these abroad. More details may be watched here: WATCH_ Israel stole our falafel and hummus, Palestinians moan.html… Read More ›
