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Is claim construction a matter of Law or is it related to the Art claimed?
Elad Barkan owns Israel Patent No. 133671 titled “CRYPTANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM” and Rontal Engineering Applications 2001 (LTD) is attempting to have this patent canceled. There are corresponding US...
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Copaxone patents invalidated by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
Following an inter-partes review brought by Mylan against two patents protecting Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ Copaxone, a drug for treating multiple sclerosis, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board...
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David Kappos
Kim Lindy has managed to persuade David Kappos to speak at the IPR’s Fourth Annual Best Practices in Intellectual Property conference. David, who I have met, is a pleasant fellow who, as can be seen...
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Google and Waze Sued By Israeli Inventor
Waze is an Israeli company that developed an Application (App) for helping drivers choose optimal routes and for estimating arrival times. It uses crowd sourcing to detect and help avoid congestion....
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Pop Group Anthrax Sued for Ripping Off a Hannuka Sweater
Anthrax Photo by Jonas Rogowski Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City. It was formed in 1981 by guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. The group was considered one of the...
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Israel Ranked 3rd in US Patent Filings
Israel originating patents filed in the US jumped 21 percent in 2014, according to a study by BdiCoface. The study found that 3,555 Israel-based patents were filed in the US during 2014,which is...
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US Supreme Court Overturns Federal Circuit’s Ruling Regarding Validity of...
Copaxone is a blockbuster drug based on the glatiramer acetate copolymer which was patented by Yeda (the Tech Transfer Company of the Weizman Institute) and licensed exclusively to Teva to...
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PCZL (Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer LLP) Appeals Source Vagabond Decision...
Background Source Vagabond is one of a number of companies making personal portable water supplies that are known in Israel as Shlookers – a shlook being slang Hebrew for a sip. On August 2, 2011,...
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Judge Randal Rader of the Court of Appeals of the US Federal Circuit Resigns...
The following is largely cribbed from the IPKAT. Chief Judge Randall R Rader of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has resigned from his role as the head of the CAFC. On Friday,...
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Hillel House Hosting BDS Event – trademark implications
Last Friday’s Jerusalem Post had an article concerning a Hillel House hosting a speaker calling for boycotting Israeli goods and divesting, due to the plight of the Palestinians. Essentially,...
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Finnegan, begin again!
For those of you who missed the Finnegan play on 3rd July 2013, by attending the AIPA general meeting or other prior commitments, there is a second showing on 4th July 2013 at 6:30 PM in Bet Hel...
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Genes not patentable in the US, but apparently patentable in Israel!
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that human genes cannot be patented. This decision, relating to Myriad’s patents for the Brca1 and Brca2 gene sequences that are indicative of a...
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Teva to pay out $1.6 Billion to Pfizer and Takeda in Damages for Infringing...
Protonix is a heartburn treatment that was developed and patented by Nycomed which was later purchased by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Nycomed had licensed Protonix to Wyeth, which Pfizer...
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US Court Fines Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer LLP (PCZL) and its litigators...
Source Vagabond and Hydrapak are both companies that make hydration packs. These are what are known in Israel as ‘shlukers’ – flexible water bladders with shoulder straps that may be carried on the...
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Gilead and Teva Reach Agreement Regarding HIV Patent Validity Suit, Avoiding...
Teva Pharmaceuticals and Gilead Sciences Inc. agreed to settle a patent dispute over Viread, a treatment for HIV infection and chronic Hepatitis B, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to start today....
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Seminar – Recent Changes in US and Israel Patent Law
There have been some substantive changes to both the Israel and US patent law and practice recently. In the US, there is now a procedure for oppositions. Israel applications now publish before...
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AIPPI Israel Hosts Event on the America Invents Act
On 14 February 2012, the AIPPI will be amorously promoting an event to examine the ramifications of the America Invents Act. The event, open to members, is to be held at the Dan Tel Aviv Hotel 99...
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Book Review: The Essentials of Patent Claim Drafting
The Essentials of Patent Claim Drafting by Morgan D. Rosenberg is a straightforward practical guide to drafting claims, aimed at the beginner. To the extent that one can learn to draft claims from a...
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America Invents at Bar Ilan University
Yesterday, I had the privilege to attend a very well run and well constructed full day program dedicated to the America Invents Act. The highlight of the program, was, without a doubt, a lecture by...
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America Invents, and you can learn about it in Israel!
Bar Ilan university are hosting a full day conference on 4 January 2012 to debate the ramifications of the changes in the US Patent Law wrought by the America Invents Act. To register, or to receive...
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