For the first 70 years since the establishment of the State of Israel, the registration and protection of designs in Israel was governed by laws inherited from the British Mandate. Some of these were obsolete. For example, only local novelty… Read More ›
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 ›
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 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
