Israeli cannabis researcher Professor Raphael Mechoulam, passed away last week at the age of 92.

Many applicants seeking patent protection worldwide use the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as part of their filing strategy.

Sometimes we receive inquiries regarding the admissibility of requesting examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway ("PPH") based on the claim sets of two corresponding applications in a single Israel patent application.

In April 2021 I wrote an article about Tesla, Facebook and Apple, entitled "Putting the Driver back into Driver Assisted Systems". The article started out with discussing the Tesla Autopilot and...

You have now filed your patent application in Israel. "What comes next?" you may ask.

Mankind has been selectively breeding plants for thousands of years, by cultivating plants that grow in the wild, and breeding them to improve various characteristics.

A recent decision of the Deputy Registrar of the Israel Patent Office shows how difficult it can be to obtain a trademark registration in Israel for a slogan – even when the slogan has already been registered in a major jurisdiction ...

You may have missed it, but it's election season in the United States.

Thank you for your article of July 19, 2022 in which you reported the wonderful trademark victory for the luxury ladies shoe manufacturer Manolo Blahnik

It is a simple statement, and one that I often repeat in introductory seminars on patenting.

As an entrepreneur, have you ever considered that your brand or product name could become so famous and successful, and its market dominance so pervasive, that it becomes a victim of its own success?

So what do you think of when someone says to you "Imagine"? For many, they will immediately think of the immortal song released by John Lennon in 1971. It says different things to different people.

In this new series, we will be looking at what makes the Israeli patent registration process unique, and what does not. The following are some of the basics that you should know before filing a new application in Israel.

So is Facebook really and justifiably upset with Apple, or has Apple merely done for advertisers what Tesla should have done for its cars? And does Tesla need to stop?

If you have ever accompanied the prosecution of a patent application in Israel, you may be somewhat familiar with what happens when you miss a deadline for responding to an office action (OA).

It has been ten years since the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Mayo v. Prometheus.

It is 75 years since the Jewish People reestablished a state in their historical homeland of the Land of Israel, leading to a fulfillment of the prayer reaffirmed annually for the last 2,000 years ...

My first real job was working at a delicatessen in suburban Pennsylvania when I was 13 years old.

A patent confers on its owner the right to exclude others from practicing the invention claimed in the patent. In the United States, infringement becomes willful when the infringing activity...