Intellectual property, done properly.
Patent and trademark prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement. Senior counsel, direct correspondence.
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DSIP has been the Israeli intellectual property desk for foreign counsel, in-house teams, and direct clients since 2011. The practice is led by Dan Segal, who has handled patent and trademark matters in Israel for more than twenty years.
The English-language practice is built around what foreign counsel and foreign companies need from an Israeli office: prosecution that is done properly, on time, and with the judgment that turns a filing into a defensible right. Office actions are answered substantively rather than reflexively. Claims are drafted with the prosecution history in mind. Trademarks are filed with their full commercial use in view. The work is responsive across time zones and present at every stage of every matter.
Beyond prosecution, Dan advises Israeli clients on IP transactions, licensing, IP aspects of investment and corporate work, and intellectual property in litigation — experience that informs how prosecution itself is approached. A patent application drafted by someone who has litigated a patent may be a different document than one drafted by someone who has not. Foreign clients rarely require these broader services, but the perspective they have produced is part of every matter handled.
Four areas of patent and trademark work.
Patent prosecution
Drafting, prosecution, and maintenance before the Israel Patent Office. PCT national-phase entries with attention to claim translation and Israeli examination practice. Office action responses prepared substantively, with strategic awareness of the prosecution history being built. Oppositions and post-grant proceedings. Coordination with foreign counsel for international families, including the practical realities of cross-jurisdictional claim strategy.
Trademark prosecution
Clearance searches that go beyond the register. Filing and prosecution before the Israel Trademark Office. Madrid Protocol designations into and out of Israel. Opposition and cancellation proceedings. Brand portfolio strategy, including the alignment of registrations with actual commercial use.
Portfolio management
Active management of standing portfolios — docket discipline, deadline integrity, annuity and renewal handling, periodic strategic review. Portfolios are continuous responsibilities, handled as such. Coverage decisions are revisited as the client's business evolves; lapsing strategy is treated as a strategic question, not an administrative one.
IP enforcement
Cease-and-desist correspondence, customs complaints and detention proceedings for infringing imports, infringement analysis, and coordination with litigation counsel where contentious proceedings are required. Pre-litigation positioning that preserves the client's options rather than narrowing them.
Four commitments shape the practice.
Expertise
Two decades of senior practice across patents, trademarks, IP transactions, and litigation — depth that informs how prosecution work is approached. The attorney who reads your file is the attorney who handles it.
Technology
Senior experience is delivered at the pace international IP work requires through modern infrastructure. DSIP operates on enterprise-grade platforms, connected directly to the patent and trademark databases that prosecution depends on, and to legal research and case law databases. Proprietary tools and analytical workflows, developed internally over years of practice, allow thorough analysis to be produced at speed.
Reliability
We do the work carefully because there is no other way to do it. A patent claim that does not hold, a trademark filing in the wrong class, a missed deadline — these are not recoverable errors. Twenty years of practice does not eliminate the possibility of error; it produces the habits and the systems that make error vanishingly rare.
Security
Communications and client data are handled under enterprise-grade security, with the certification standards those platforms entail. Client information is never stored on consumer platforms. Confidentiality is treated as an operational discipline, not a policy line.