After enduring months of slings and barbs from whisleblowers, congress, and the unforgiving court of public opinion, Facebook opened...

Can an AI create a patentable invention? Can a monkey hold a copyright? All this and more in today's blog. The crested macaque above...

In today's installment we take a look at the Elide Fire Ball and then firefighting in general. What is in an extinguisher ball? Patent...

Right-click to download the infographic - local (Israel) and foreign venture capital, corporate venture capital, angels, crowdfunding...

The letter of the law - English The letter of the law - Hebrew Bylaws 1968 Bylaws 1996 Bylaws 1998

One of the earliest uses of directed energy weapons, according to legend, was Archimedes' use of a set of mirrors to focus sunlight on...

Its an unprecendented development in the world of IP - the US has doubled down on Biden's promised support of a World Trade Organization...

What's a Trademark? (TM) A trademark is literally a mark on an item of trade. Thus the Coca-Cola (TM) logo, the Nike swoosh, etc. are...

Apple lost an infringement case [1] to the tune of $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications. A federal jury in court in Texas...

The National Association of Patent Practitioners forum recently posted a 'claims checklist' which is good enough that we reproduce it...

Let’s start with some interesting statistics provided by the world intellectual property office (WIPO). The graph below shows...

ה- PCT מאפשר פורמט אחיד לבקשות פטנטים, אותו ניתן להגיש למספר משרדי קבלת PCT. לאחר 18 חודשים ניתן להגיש למספר משרדים לאומיים להחלטות...

The PCT allows for a unified format for patent applications, which can be submitted to a number of PCT receiving offices. After 18 months...

The patent prosecution highway allows for accelerated patenting by reusing examination results from one office in another office. For...

You’ve had a brainstorm. Maybe found some partners, put together a pitch, built a powerpoint deck, and even got an angel or some VC...

Kohelet wrote 'There's nothing new under the sun', אין כל חדש תחת השמש, which one might take as bad news for patent attorneys. On the...

מה הוא מצב הפטנטים בישראל בהשוואה לשאר העולם? ה- WIPO (משרד הפנטים הבינלאומי) פרסם דו"ח באפריל 2020, שהראה את הקטגוריות המובילות של...

What is the state of intellectual property in Israel, compared to the rest of the world? The WIPO issued a report in April 2020, which...

מעריצי 'הכתר' (הסדרה, המלוכה הבריטית, או שניהם) הבחינו אולי בהתייחסות ל'מכתבי פטנטים' (בעונה 2, פרק 3 ו / או 1957) כאשר המלכה אליזבת...

Fans of 'The Crown' (either the series, the British monarchy, or both) may have noticed the reference to Letters Patent (in season 2,...