In Diesel SpA v Hoodies Ltd (motion in CC (Central Distr) 4987-12-14, February 2 2015), the Central District Court (Justice Schefser) has issued interim relief enjoining a local retailer from selling a jeans style that allegedly...
On March 16 2015 the Israeli registrar of trademarks issued a new Circular Letter (032/2015), which sets forth the current policy of the Israel Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) on the registration of threedimensional (3D) marks consisting of the...
In Tommy Hilfiger Licensing LLC v Swissa (ACH 8619/14, February 15 2015), the Israeli Supreme Court has refused to grant an additional hearing in a case concerning the issue of parallel importation. In a unanimous appellate judgment issued at the...
An Israeli patent application was opposed in the Israeli pre-grant opposition procedure and the opposition was withdrawn by consent of the parties. Exercising the authority provided by law to the Registrar to re-examine patentability in light of...
The Chinese government recently established three new intellectual property courts – in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. These courts, which will have special jurisdiction and expertise, will further strengthen China’s intellectual property regime and are another step in China’s path towards...
An agreement has ended a decade-long legal dispute over copyright ownership of the “Geva Diaries”. These historical “Diaries” consist of about 500 news videos from the 1960s that were screened then, mainly in movie theaters, prior to the...
Several Patent Offices including, among others, the European Patent Office (EPO), the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), the Israeli Patent Office (ILPO) as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have recently issued...
