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 ›
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Day – April 26
The World Intellectual Property Day takes place on 26th April 2018, and the AIPPI conference in Tel Aviv takes place on April 30th and May 1st, i.e. on International Worker’s Day. Someday got confused??? Meanwhile, IPR’s In House IP Managers Forum… 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 ›
PCT Filing Fees to Drop in January 2016
Israel applicants of the PCT can select the USPTO, the EPO or the ILPO for conducting International Searches and preliminary examinations, i.e. for generating the ISR and IPER and chapter 2. As of January 1, 2016, most of the PCT… Read More ›
So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba (Genesis 46)
Yesterday I enjoyed a pleasant trip down South to attend the WIPO Roving Seminar in Beer Sheva. The drive was pleasant. Negev is very verdant and the ornithology was good, with a lot of storks and black kites and the odd… Read More ›
PCT Direct
The Israel Patent Office has announces an experimental service called “PCT Direct”. PCT Direct is intended to make the process more efficient and to increase the value of the International Search Report (ISR) and International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER) that… Read More ›
WIPO To Make Two Stops in the Holyland
WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization that is manages the PCT system for filing International patents and the Madrid Protocol for filing international trademarks has a team of roving lecturers who will be performing lecturing in Israel. Concerts Seminars are scheduled for… Read More ›
PCT Filing Fee Reductions in January 2015
The official fees incurred for filing, prosecuting, registering and renewing patents, designs and trademarks in Israel are linked to the cost of living index. Twice a year, on 1 January and on 1 June, they are adjusted. It seems that… Read More ›
LLM in Patent Law at Haifa finally on its way
Back in June 2009, I reported on the ceremonial launch of Haifa University’s Masters in Law program in Patent Law – see here. Recently fired Minister of Justice, Tzippy Livni, authorized the Commissioner of Patents to rule on whether such… Read More ›
Holiday Closures
The Israel Patent Office is closed from 24-27 September 2014 (inclusive) for Rosh Hashana and from 8-18 October 2014 (inclusive) for Suckot. Yom Kippur is Friday evening and Saturday, so the patent office is closed anyway, however we note that… Read More ›
