Oh, better far to live and die Under the brave black flag I fly, Than play a sanctimonious part, With a pirate head and a pirate heart. Away to the cheating world go you, Where pirates all are well-to-do; But… Read More ›
Israel Related
Israel Supreme Court Upholds Decision Re Appellation of Origin
Israel is a member of the Lisbon Convention for the Appellation of Origin. This is an international convention beloved of the French and frowned upon by the common law countries. Essentially food and drink associated with certain places is entitled to wider… Read More ›
Retroactive Extension Granted for Reporting a Lecture Disclosing a Patent Application Prior to Filing
Background Patentability requires that a patent is novel, inventive and useful at the priority date, which is the effective filing date. The Novelty requirement is absolute, but there are three exceptions given in Section 6 of the Israel Patent Law… Read More ›
Isscar Opposes Hanita Patent for Milling Tool
Hanita Metal Factory ltd. applied for Israel Patent Application No. 177336 and, on allowance, it published for opposition purposes. Isscar opposed the patent issuing. The applicant requested to amend the specification and neither Isscar, nor the public opposed, so the… Read More ›
End of an Era
Esteemed Out-Going Commissioner Asa Kling writes as follows: Dear friends, users of the Israel Patent Office services, As you may very well know, at the end of this month I will be completing the statutory 6 year term as Director… Read More ›
Cancellation Proceedings Against an Israel Patent for a Modular Support Bracket
Moshe Lavi registered Israel Patent No. 157035 titled “MODULAR SUPPORT BRACKET”. A competitor, Zach Oz Air Conditioning LTD and Zach Raz filed to have the patent cancelled on grounds of invalidity. They seem to have botched the attempt, but I think that… Read More ›
Squaring the Circle and Regulating the IP Profession in Israel
I was privileged to participate in a ’round table’ at the Israel Patent Office on Tuesday, on the topic of regulating the Patent Attorney profession. In this article I am going to refer to people without giving their titles such… Read More ›
New Israel Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Appointed
The Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaqued has appointed Attorney and Patent Attorney Ofir Alon as the new Israel Commissioner of Patents, Trademarks and Designs to replace Commssioner Asa Kling who is coming to the end of his six year tenure…. Read More ›
Online Design Filing in Israel
The Israel Patent Office held a seminar today to introduce their new online design submission interface. Over the past five years the Israel Patent Office has gradually introduced online trademark, PCT and patent filing and prosecution and has published guidelines for… Read More ›
Goldberg Prize for IP Paper in Hebrew
Tel Aviv University’s Shin Horowitz Institute for Intellectual Property in the name of Amnon Goldberg has issued a call for papers for the Goldberg Prize for IP Paper in Hebrew. The deadline for submission is 1 February 2017. There are… Read More ›
