Section 104 of the Israel Patent Law states: The Minister may permit the exploitation of an invention by Government departments or by an enterprise or agency of the State, whether a patent for it has or has not already been… Read More ›
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A Patent for a Lotto Game
Alexander Stern of Netanya filed and prosecuted Israel Patent Application No. IL 196915 titled “Lotto Game”. He wasn’t professionally represented. The basis of the invention was that cards can be individual cards, part of a suite, or part of a… Read More ›
The end of petty patents in Australia?
In 2001 Australia introduced an Innovation Patent. This required novelty and an innovative step, rather than an inventive step, issued after a month without examination and was valid for 8 years. If requested to do so and if a fee… Read More ›
Third party Request for Correction to the patent register
A third party, believing that the patent register is wrong, may request that it be corrected. Aquashield Medical ltd have asked for such a correction regarding Israel Patent Number IL 174838 that was registered by Teva Healthcare in 2010 and… Read More ›
Employee Appeals Invention Compensation Committee Ruling to Israel Supreme Court
When ruling as the High Court of Justice – Bagatz, Israel’s Supreme Court rules on the legality of decisions of State authorities: government decisions, those of local authorities and other bodies and persons performing public functions under the law, and… Read More ›
10 Million Shequel Claim for at Risk Launch of Generic Viagra Thrown Out
The original patent for Viagra (Israel patent IL 98482) had very broad and sweeping claims that covered billions of molecules, of which only a small number of which cause blood vessel dilation that allows treatment of erectile dysfunction; the best… Read More ›
Can a Patent Term Extension be Extended Retroactively?
Appeal 2070/19 GmbH Pharma UCB vs. Commissioner of Patents This is a request for a further hearing of the District Court ruling rejecting an appeal of 29979-1-18 by Judge Jakobi that appealed a ruling by Commissioner Alon of 4 July… Read More ›
Opposition to IL 141905 to Albermarle Corporation
The Albemarle Corporation submitted IL 141905 on 8 March 2001, as the National Phase of PCT/IL1999/020848 which published as WO2000014125 and claims priority from three separate US applications: 09/151194 from 10 September 1998, US 09/151193 from 10 September 1998 and US 09/170487 from 13… Read More ›
Reinstatement of IL 153040 and IL 152812
IL 153040 and IL 152812 were abandoned. The Applicant, a Mr. Baruch Cohen, claims that he was in a psychiatric ward and could not deal with the prosecution, and this was the reason for the applications going abandoned. IL 152812… Read More ›
Oposition to IL 189712 to Camtek
Orbotech submitted an Opposition to IL 189712 to Camtek which was subsequently retracted on 4 March 2019. Following this, the Opposition proceedings were closed and the validity of the allowed application was considered by the Deputy Commissioner under Section 34… Read More ›
