In Israel,
the patent grant excludes others from making, using or selling the
invention in
Israel
for a 20
year term from filing date.
Israeli
law grants protection to a new invention which fulfills technical and
legal
conditions as follows:
- Novelty: This condition
requires
non-disclosure prior to the filing of the patent specification. In some
instances,
disclosure at a fair or scientific congress may not affect novelty.
- Invention: This condition
makes
use of criteria such as solution to a problem, commercial success,
and positive
feedback of experts.
Medical
processes, mathematic formulas, development of new animal species may
not be
protected as patent in Israel.
The
procedure leading to the registration of a patent consists of the
following stages:
- Filing of a patent
specification
indicating all the necessary information about the invention, claims
and form.
- Check-up of the application
by the
Register of Patents.
- First approval or reject of
the
application by the Register.
- Publication.
- Oppositions or protests.
These
will be decided by the Register of Patents.
- Registration of the patent.
This
registration is retroactive to the filing date of the application.
International
conventions may allow you to take benefit of the priority due to prior
filing
in a convention country.
The owner of an Israeli patent is entitled to remedies available to citizens of common
law countries, including interim and preliminary injunctions. Abuse of
the
monopoly granted by the patent registration is prohibited.
