Article of Attorney Sivan on Business Method Patents is Cited by the Israeli Patent Registrar

September 2009: The Article: “The Protection of Business Methods Patents in the Internet”(2004) by Adv Sivan and Adv. Karniel was quoted by the Israeli Patent Registrar in a precedent decision denying the patentability of a business methods patent in Israel.

The Patent Register has ruled that a business method invention in Israel is not considered to be an invention in a “technology field” as required by law, but only as an economic or commercial field, therefore out of the scope of Article 3 of the Patent Act. Therfore, business methods per se can not be ptented in israel.