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
Patent Office Closures – Pesach 2018
The Festival of Pesach celebrates Human Freedom and the birth of the Jewish people. The Israel Patent Office will be closed from Friday 30 March 2018, and all deadlines falling in the period that the patent office is closed, are suspended until… Read More ›
CORRECTION Re – Third International Conference on the Economics of Innovation
I try to be factually accurate and helpful to my readership. However, occasionally mistakes happen. A couple of days ago I posted about the Third International Conference on the Economics of Innovation to be held in Israel under the auspices of the… Read More ›
A ballsy trademark ruling
KGaA & Henkel AG filed a series of Israel trademark applications (Nos. 258658, 258797, 258798 and 259500 as shown alongside. The marks cover Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use, rinsing agents for laundry and tableware, stain removing preparations;… Read More ›
Cost Ruling in Moshe Lavi vs. Zach Oz – A failed attempt to get a poorly written patent canceled.
Moshe Lavi owns Israel Patent No. 157035 titled “MODULAR SUPPORT BRACKET” which describes a support bracket for an air-conditioner unit. He’s tried to enforce it in the past against Zach Oz Airconditioners LTD, and the parties came to an out-of-court… Read More ›
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 ›
Changing of the Guard
The various professional organizations representing the IP profession in Israel (LES, AIPPI and IPAA) cosponsored a reception to honour outgoing Commissioner Asa Kling and incoming commissioner Alon Ophir. The event was held on Sunday in the Israel Yaffe conference center… Read More ›
Patent Office Closures for Pesach
Because of the upcoming Pesach (Passover) holidays theIsrael Patent and Trademark Office (ILPTO) will be closed from Monday, April 10, 2017 – Monday, April 17, 2017 (inclusive). In general, when a deadline falls on a day that the patent office… Read More ›
Requesting a patent allowance to be cancelled
Israel Patent Number 219586 to Fritz Collischan & Co. KG was allowed. The patent is titled “DEVICE FOR COUNTING OBJECTS FED AS BULK MATERIAL”and is the national phase entry into Israel of PCT/EP2010/067146 which published as WO2011/054974. In a rather… Read More ›
