רכס פטנטים Reches Patents

02/04/2024

📢 Newsflash regarding the Registrar of Patents in Israel.

The Regional Labor Court in Jerusalem canceled (31.3.2024) the appointment of attorney Mordechay Sorek as the Registrar of Patents.

It was determined that Sorek was appointed to the position without having approvals that substantiate his compliance with the threshold conditions for the position (including Comprehensive managerial experience including managing at least 8 people for a period of at least 5 years), and that there were flaws in the appointment process, in handling the application submitted by another candidate (Deputy Director of the Israeli Patent Office Adv. Jacqueline Bracha), which necessitated the annulment of the appointment.

The court ordered the matter to be returned for further review by the investigation committee.

The rest of the IP community in Israel will be watching this story.

Read more below [in Hebrew]: https://tinyurl.com/39rpd6my

28/03/2024

We are honored to be ranked once again by the Duns 100 ranking guide for 2024 in Intellectual Property - Patent Prosecution.

We thank our amazing clients for recommending our firm.

See the full rankings here: https://tinyurl.com/yckyyn4f

Duns 100 - דירוג החברות המובילות בישראל

27/03/2024

Israeli researcher, Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, has been awarded the IEEE Medal, the Nobel Prize of engineering, for her groundbreaking work in sensing technology.

This innovation promises to revolutionize the way we monitor our environment.

We are proud to have contributed to this cutting-edge technology by drafting some of the patents relating to it.

Congrats, Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron!

Read more about this remarkable achievement below.

Hagit Messer-Yaron recognized for contributions to sensing environment using wireless communication networks from world's largest professional association

05/03/2024

We're thrilled to celebrate the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology's monumental achievement, ranking No. 1 in Europe for US patent submissions in 2023 and positioned 65th globally. With 48 patents secured in the previous year, the Technion has showcased exceptional innovation, narrowly trailing behind prestigious institutions like Yale University, New York University, and the University of Washington.

We're proud to have filed many of these successful patents.

Congratulations to the Technion on this remarkable accomplishment, a testament to their dedication to innovation and excellence.

הטכניון - מכון טכנולוגי לישראל | Technion

In 2023, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology had 48 patents sanctioned in the United States, which positioned the educational institution 65th globally and the leading university in all of Europe for number of patents

28/02/2024

Welcome to the future of patents?

As of 14 February 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has updated its guidelines to allow AI-assisted inventions to be patentable, provided a human has made a significant contribution.

Previously, inventions needed to be entirely attributed to human inventors to qualify for patents, excluding AI-generated innovations. The new guidelines acknowledge the collaborative nature of human and AI innovation, aiming to foster AI-driven advancements while ensuring human inventors receive recognition.

This shift emphasizes the need for patent laws to evolve with technology, balancing innovation with human ingenuity and ownership.

21/07/2021

Stealth mode – and why NT decided to kill a few patent applications before getting its patent?

A patent application is automatically published within 18 months from its filing date (or its earlier priority date) in most countries.
From our experience, the publication may deter an applicant from filing patent applications – or induce the applicant to postpone the filing of a patent application (“application”). The delay may reduce the chances of obtaining a patent.
The publication may provide valuable information about a future product, method of software of an applicant.
The publication may significantly hurt the applicant when (a) the applicant operates in a highly competitive market, and/or (b) the applicant wishes to operate in a stealth mode, and/or (c) when a development process of a product, method of software (which is the subject matter of the application) is lengthy.
The publication of the application may significantly precede the launch of the related product, method or software – when the development process is lengthy.
US patent law allows an applicant, under certain circumstances, to bypass the automatic publication of a US patent application – and delay the publication of the application until a patent is granted. (Note – this process may be risky - and we recommend to be accompanied by an experienced US patent firm such as our firm).
If the delay period provided by a currently pending application is not long enough – the applicant may “replace” the currently pending application with a next application – and then abandon the currently pending application.
A few years ago, a company named NT operated in a highly competitive market. The company wanted to protect its highly complex system – without exposing its system ahead of time. The company sequentially filed and killed two patent applications and let the third application be granted – thereby delaying the publication by a few years.

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Systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for calculating signatures, utilizing signatures and the like.

10/07/2021

President Biden signed (July 09 2021) an executive order for promoting competition in the American Economy. Possible impact on IP rights.

The executive order ("order") is aimed to increase innovation, has an explicit impact on trade secrets, and will eventually (once implemented) impact other Intellectual Property rights.
The impact of the order on IP rights is yet to be seen.
Here are our initial comments.

TRADE SECRETS
Reasonable non-compete clauses are commonly used to
protect trade secrets (as well as other legitimate interests).

According to the order, "One way companies stifle competition is with non-compete clauses. Roughly half of private-sector businesses require at least some employees to enter non-compete
agreements, affecting some 36 to 60 million workers".

Accordingly - the order encourages the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) to ban or limit non-compete agreements.

We are of the opinion that banning or unreasonably
limiting non-compete agreements may erode trade secrets protection and may eventually reduce innovation.

OTHER CLAUSES

The order states that there is a lack of competition
among drug manufacturers. The order suggests reducing prescription drug prices and increase support of generic and biosimilar drugs.

The suggested steps may negatively impact patent
rights and reduce the incentive to invest in research and development.

The order encourages the FCT to limit powerful equipment manufacturers from restricting people's ability to use independent
repair shops or do DIY repairs—such as when tractor companies block farmers from repairing their own tractors. This clause may increase the importance of IP rights that protect replacement parts.

TECH SECTOR
The tech sector is one of the main sources of IP assets. The order targets high tech giants - especially in relation to mergers,
surveillance and accumulation of data, and unfair methods of competition on the Internet marketplace.

The impact of the order on IP generated by tech giants is yet to be seen.

CHINA
Chinese tech giants are catching up with US tech giants.
The order will eventually lead to imposing various limitations on the US tech giants.
Nevertheless - these limitations should be constructed as not to prevent the US tech giants from successfully competing with the Chinese tech giants.

The economy is booming under President Biden’s leadership. The economy has gained more than three million jobs since the President took office—the most jobs created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history. Today, the President is building on this economic momentum by signing...

26/04/2018

מי שהגה את הבסיס הטכנולוגי של הביטקוין העדיף שלא להגיש עליו פטנט, ובכך תרם לתפוצתו. אבל חשוב לדעת שהכסף הרב המושקע במטבעות וירטואליים צפוי להצית מלחמות פטנטים רבות בעתיד הקרוב.

מאמר חדש שלי שהתפרסם באתר mako, על "הדור הבא של מלחמות הפטנטים"

מי שהגה את הבסיס הטכנולוגי של הביטקוין העדיף שלא להגיש עליו פטנט, ובכך תרם לתפוצתו. אולם הכסף הרב המושקע במטבעות וירטואליים צפוי להצית מלחמות פטנטים רבות בעתיד הקרו�...

08/04/2018

פסק דין מעניין של נשיא ביהמ"ש המחוזי בירושלים, השופט אהרן פרקש: ישיבת "מיר" חויבה לשלם 100,000 שקל לטכנאי מחשבים שסיפק לה שירותי תחזוקה למערכות מחשוב.

השופט קיבל את תביעתו של האיש וחייב את הישיבה לשלם לו פיצויים בגין הפרת זכות יוצרים בהגדרות תוכנה מיוחדות שיצר עבורה. נקבע כי "בהחליפה את סיסמאות התובע ובבצעה פעולת גיבוי ושחזור על גבי שרתים חדשים, העתיקה הישיבה את יצירת התובע תוך הפרה של זכות היוצרים שלו".

בפסק הדין השופט סקר שאלות מעניינות כגון מהי תכנת מחשב, ומהי התייחסותו של המשפט העברי לזכויות יוצרים בתכנת מחשב.

https://www.psakdin.co.il/Court/%D7%AA-%D7%90-2619-06-14_13?Ref=%2fCourt%3ftxtCaseNumber%3d2619-06-14%26rptSearchJudge%3d1%26rptSearchSide%3d1%26rptSearchLawyer%3d1%26rptSearchText%3d1%26rptSearchLaws%3d1%26rptCourtCategory%3d1%26SearchCourtSort%3drbSortByDate%26rptList_Page%3d1%26rptList%3d0%26Search%3d1 #.Wjef79IjSUl

22/03/2018

החלטתו של הוגה הביטקוין שלא להגיש עליו פטנט תרמה לתפוצתו, אולם לנוכח ההצלחה האדירה של המטבע הווירטואלי נראה כי החלטה זו תצית בקרוב מלחמות פטנטים רבות.

איך אפשר להקטין את מספר הסכסוכים ועצמתם? כל הפרטים בטור שלפניכם:

https://www.psakdin.co.il/Document/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F-%E2%80%93-%D7%94%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D?PreviewMode=true #.WjfrS1UjSUl

08/03/2018

מה ההבדל בין רעיון לפטנט? האם האפליקציה שפיתחתם זכאית להגנה משפטית? כיצד רושמים פטנט בישראל? ומה לעשות אם מעוניינים לרשום פטנט בארה"ב? כמה זמן לוקח התהליך?

אלה הן רק חלק מהשאלות.
פנו אלינו כאן ותקבלו תשובות, ויחד נחליט באלו צעדים לנקוט בכדי להגשים את מטרתכם >> https://www.psakdin.co.il/Lawyers/2847

22/02/2018

כשהקמתי את המשרד ב-1988, לנגד עיני ראיתי משרד בוטיק שמעניק שירותים באיכות גבוהה בתחום הקניין הרוחני, מתוך הבנה עמוקה במגוון טכנולוגיות ובהתאמת ההגנה האופטימלית ללקוח.

מאז, אני גאה לומר שלאורך כמעט 30 שנה זה בדיוק מה שאנחנו עוסקים, עם סניף בישראל וכן סניף משרדים בארצות הברית.

למשרד ניסיון רב בליטיגציה, בעריכת פטנטים ובקבלת פטנטים בתחומי מיכשור רפואי, רכב אוטונומי, אפליקציות, מחשוב ענן, אפליקציות, ננוטכנולוגיה, רובוטיקה, סייבר, סמיקונדקטור, תוכנה, מערכות מחשב וראיה ממוחשבת.

בנוסף, אנו עוסקים בחוות דעת בקניין רוחני וכן מעניקים שירותי בוררות וגישור.

בין לקוחות המשרד חברות ענק מארצות הברית, מוסדות מחקר מרחבי העולם, חברות הזנק, וכן חברות קטנות ובינוניות.

ליצירת קשר, אנחנו כאן: https://www.psakdin.co.il/Lawyers/2847