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(Section 3 of the Israeli Patents Law defines what types of innovations are patentable subject matter.) |
(The patent was rejected by the Commissioner on the grounds that it failed to meet the "field of technology" requirement of the Israeli Patents Law.) |
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==Legislation== | ==Legislation== | ||
| − | Section 3 of the Israeli Patents Law defines what types of innovations are [[patentable subject matter]]. | + | Section 3 of the Israeli Patents Law defines what types of innovations are [[patentable subject matter]]. It says: |
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| + | :"''3. An invention, whether a product or a process in any field of technology, which is new and useful and capable of industrial application and which involves an inventive step - is a patentable invention.''" | ||
==Recent past== | ==Recent past== | ||
| − | In September 2006, the Commissioner of Patents in Israel invalidated a patent titled "''Method of Promoting the Sale of Goods and/or Services''". | + | In September 2006, the Commissioner of Patents in Israel invalidated a patent titled "''Method of Promoting the Sale of Goods and/or Services''". All parties agreed that this was a [[business method patent]]. |
| + | The patent was rejected by the Commissioner on the grounds that it failed to meet the "field of technology" requirement of the Israeli Patents Law. | ||
A document dated May 2008[http://www.rctm.co.il/wps/IcmmUploads/files/Methodofdoingbusiness.pdf] mentions the following events: | A document dated May 2008[http://www.rctm.co.il/wps/IcmmUploads/files/Methodofdoingbusiness.pdf] mentions the following events: | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 11 November 2009
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Isreal's patent office opened a consultation on software patents in November 2009. The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2010.
Legislation
Section 3 of the Israeli Patents Law defines what types of innovations are patentable subject matter. It says:
- "3. An invention, whether a product or a process in any field of technology, which is new and useful and capable of industrial application and which involves an inventive step - is a patentable invention."
Recent past
In September 2006, the Commissioner of Patents in Israel invalidated a patent titled "Method of Promoting the Sale of Goods and/or Services". All parties agreed that this was a business method patent.
The patent was rejected by the Commissioner on the grounds that it failed to meet the "field of technology" requirement of the Israeli Patents Law.
A document dated May 2008[1] mentions the following events:
- A year and a half ago (thus around December 2006), there was an important a decision by the . The document seems to say that this decision changed Israeli Patent Office's (IPO) policy and stopped the granting of software patents and business method patents.
- Following "a debate in a public forum", the IPO is now allowing (some? all?) software patents, but is still not granting business method patents.
