Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Gal Ehrlich, Founder and Managing Director of the Ehrlich Group, discusses how the Covid-19 Pandemic became a catalyst for global innovation.
Tel Aviv Regional Labor Tribunal Rejected a Claim for Patent Royalties By Employee Inventor
The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Tribunal recently rejected a chemist’s claim to enforce her right to receive royalties from a patent she invented while working for a development team in...
Written Description Requirement under U.S.C. 112, 1st Paragraph- Recent USPTO Guidelines Present Significant Obstacles for Antibody-Based Inventions in the US
By: Patent Attorneys Dr. Hadassa Waterman, Head of the Biotech Department and Dr. David Mencher, of Ehrlich & Fenster of Ehrlich Group Current USPTO guidelines for antibody-based inventions (see “Guidelines”1)...
Insight on Patent Marking
Co-authors: Mrs. Patricia Toma and Adv. Yissachar Bertisch, Foreign Filing Department, Ehrlich & Fenster of Ehrlich Group. Patent Marking is accomplished by labelling a manufactured product and/or its packaging, protected...
Extended Copyright Liability to Tech Giants Google & Facebook Following the European Copyright Reform
By Adv. Yehuda Neubauer, Partner, Ehrlich, Neubauer & Melzer of Ehrlich Group. The European Council recently approved the new copyright directive that updates the current copyright law within the European...
Revised EU Examination guidelines: EPO Clears the way for AI & Machine learning Patents
By Adv. & Patent Attorney Roy Melzer, Head of Software, Information Sys. Department The European patent office (EPO) recently published its revised guidelines for examination. The new guidelines include a...
Conducting a Clinical Trial? you should contact your Patent Attorney
By: Dr. Jacob Blumenthal and Maier Fenster, Ehrlich & Fenster of Ehrlich Group. A few days ago I received an e-mail from one of our clients saying ” Dear Jacob, we...
US Supreme Court: Secret Sale of an Invention May Qualify as Prior art under AIA
By Adv. Yehuda Neubauer, Partner, Ehrlich, Neubauer & Melzer of Ehrlich Group. In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. dated January 22, 2019, The United States Supreme Court unanimously...
Israel Patent Office Annual Report – more Israeli women inventors; shorter examination times
The Israel Patent Office recently published its 2017 Annual Report, which reflects the state of IP prosecution in Israel regarding the submission and examination of patent, trademark and design applications....