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Revision as of 18:13, 11 November 2009 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (Section 3 of the Israeli Patents Law defines what types of innovations are patentable subject matter.)
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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.
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".
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.
