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The Ministry of Justice and the Patent Office recently published a request for comments on purported expansive amendments to the Patent Law. Some of the proposed amendments are minor, while others represent radical changes to the existing legislation. Many of the proposed amendments, if carried through, may benefit foreign applicants, which are the source of most patent applications in Israel.
The deadline for filing comments was 7 April 2021. It remains to be seen how the process will develop. This article discusses the proposed amendments and the effect that they may have on the Israeli patent system.
Easing of regulatory burden
The proposed amendments follow a 2014 government resolution which provides that all government offices should reduce their regulatory burden. Accordingly, many of the proposed amendments clearly relate to reducing the regulatory burden which results from filing patent applications. For example, the request for comments asked applicants about the removal