Whether you’re a first-time founder or a seasoned innovation leader, we at CDS-LUTHI Intellectual Property Group are here to support and guide you through all stages of your IP journey.
Our holistic IP practice, developed over decades of professional experience, focuses on crafting creative IP solutions for supporting your business strategy and maximizing value. Your success is our passion.
Our Services
No matter the size and stage of your venture, our comprehensive, innovation-forward IP services will steer your business to success.
Strategize
We offer comprehensive IP strategy services that are tailored to your business goals and needs, for securing competitive advantage and maximizing value.
Prepare & Protect
Our highly-experienced IP procurement team will ensure that your IP assets are effectively identified and safeguarded, and your business needs met.
Enforce
Defending your IP rights is a top priority for us, and our unparalleled litigation expertise is guaranteed to craft the solutions that work for you.
Utilize
By employing any of a wide range of monetization and licensing strategies, we can help you to unlock the full potential of your IP assets and create new business opportunities.
Our Team
Ilan Cohn, PhD
Patent Attorney, Partner
David de Vries
Patent Attorney, Partner
Svetlana Stadler
Patent Attorney, Partner
Richard Luthi
Attorney at Law, Partner
Daniel Lerner
Attorney at Law, Partner
Martin Binnes
Attorney at Law, Partner
Edith Sokol
Patent Attorney, Partner
Lior Cohn
Patent Attorney, Partner
Mirit Lotan, PhD
Patent Attorney, Partner
Zvi Jacobson
Patent Attorney, Partner
Rotem Cohen
Attorney at Law, Senior Associate
Erin Sherf
Attorney at Law, Leader of Trademark and Design practice
Igor Lajanski
Patent Attorney, Associate
Lin Safadi
Attorney at Law, Associate
Motar Pelled
Attorney at Law, Associate
Inna Novikova
Patent Attorney, Of Counsel
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Recognition & Rankings
CDS-LUTHI is consistently being recognized for our top-tier IP expertise by leading ranking organizations and industry publications around the world.
News & Insights
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When a Typo Is Not Just a Typo: How a Typo Resulted in the Loss of a Priority Claim to a Provisional Application
In Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 2025-1427 (Fed. Cir. June 23, 2026), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) was faced with determining whether an alleged typographical error in a provisional application prohibited the non-provisional application, which corrected the alleged typographical error, from receiving the priority date of the provisional application. -
Save the Date! Value & Patents Unlocking Your Patent Portfolio’s Hidden Value Through Enforcement and Patent Monetization
Join us on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, for Herzog Patents’ 2nd Annual Conference on Patent Enforcement and Monetization. Gain insights from leading experts from Israel and abroad on how patents can become far more than protective assets, and how enforcement and monetization strategies can unlock value already embedded (but perhaps hidden from view) within your patent portfolio. -
Congratulations to Edith Sokol for being recognized in the Lexology Index 2026.
We are proud to congratulate our Partner and Patent Attorney, Edith Sokol, on being recognized as Highly Recommended in IP - Patent Agents & Attorneys in the Lexology Index 2026. -
The invention hiding in almost every pencil case, and the patents behind it
On September 1, as students across Israel head back to school, millions of pens will return to desks, notebooks and pencil cases. Few of us will give them a second thought. Yet the ballpoint pen, one of the simplest and most familiar objects we use, is the result of an invention that fundamentally changed the way the world writes. -
Claiming Priority is Not Enough
Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., No. 2025-1752 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) A patent or patent application publication, used as a reference (e.g., prior art), is prior art as of its “effective filing date,” which is typically the earliest filing date of the underlying provisional patent application, from which the patent or patent application publication claims priority. This now holds true for all patents and patent application publications used as references-only when the provisional application provides § 112(a) support (§ 112 support) for the claims of the reference (the patent or patent application publication) itself. -
USPTO Proposed Rule Change -Identity of Real Party in Interest in Ex Parte Reexaminations (EPRs)
Who stands behind a patent challenge at the USPTO? The USPTO has proposed a rule change that could reshape one of the few remaining avenues for anonymously challenging the validity of a U.S. patent. A proposed rule change by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was published on July 22, 2026, in which the USPTO proposed to amend the Rules of Practice to require a third party request for Ex Parte Reexamination (EPR) to include a statement by the third party requester identifying all real parties in interest to the EPR request. The proposal is open to public comments until August 21, 2026. -
Recognized in the IAM Strategy 300 2026
We are proud to share that Ilan Cohn, Svetlana Stadler and David de Vries have been recognized in the IAM Strategy 300 - The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2026.
