On 7 August 2018 a magistrates’ court in Israel issued a ruling discussing the question of whether relief ought to be granted to pornographic filmmakers claiming infringement of their rights. The ruling held that despite copyrights existing in...

Can a municipality be required to conserve a statue? Can a municipality be prevented from moving or destroying a statue it lawfully owns?       A ruling was recently handed down stating that an artist does not have a right to prevent a municipality from taking down a statue and temporarily...

In July 2018 Hon. Justice Grossman of the Tel Aviv District Court denied a motion for temporary injunction filed by Amman Fin Ltd. (the Ronit Yam brand), despite her holding that the plaintiff’s Fin Mark has immense goodwill and that the respondent copied it. The court’s conclusion was based on...

BREAKING NEWS: The Israeli Ministry of Health is considering amending the Israeli law and possibly introducing marketing exclusivity to biological drugs registered in Israel; therefore, it has recently published a “call for action” inviting the...

We are pleased to announce that a new Israeli Design Law came into force on August 7, 2018. The new law replaces the old Designs Ordinance, which dates back to 1924. Among the highlights of the new law are the following: The new law replaces the...

IP adjudicator found no likelihood of confusion between word mark BIG DEAL and stylised mark BIG DEAL District court held that adjudicator should have examined similarity between marks as used by parties Supreme Court agreed that likelihood of...

Barilla obtained temporary injunction preventing Rami Levy from marketing pasta products in blue  packaging Focus should be on general impression given by products Barilla was entitled to protect overall impression created by combination of visual...

Have you defined all your databases? Appointed a data protection officer? Do you know what obligations apply to your databases? On May 8, 2018 the new Privacy Protection (Information Security) Regulations enacted in 2017 will come into force. These...