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Gilat, Bareket & Co. of the Reinhold Cohn Group is the ‘prompt and professional’ IP litigation, enforcement, and licensing practice within Reinhold Cohn Group (renowned for IP prosecution work). It handles plaintiff and defence-side instructions across the IP space, but is especially notable representing life sciences and technology clients, as well as institutions such as The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The firm is defending Gilead Sciences’ patent for an anti-HIV compound against challenge by Teva and pursuing action for jeweller H Stern regarding copyright and passing-off infringements. Other clients include Israel Aerospace Industries, Orbotech, Puma and Stryker. The ‘professional and practical’ David Gilat, Eran Bareket and Tamir Afori are recommended for litigation. Roy Kornick heads the enforcement team.

Luthi & Co does ‘an outstanding job of putting together the strongest possible legal position’. Its ‘client-oriented and eager’ team provides ‘very good, timely service’ across the IP spectrum but has particular strengths in life sciences and technology. It is representing GlaxoSmithKline in patent dispute with Unipharm regarding Avandia diabetes treatment, has been acting for MerckSerono in dispute over Rebif multiple sclerosis treatment, and acting for Hasbro in a copyright case. Richard Luthi provides ‘pragmatic commercial advice, and knows the personalities of opponents and judges and factors this into his approach’. Daniel Lerner is ‘insightful and thorough’, and Yehuda Neubauer is ‘very professional, responsive and delivers on his promises’.

S. Horowitz & Co’s ‘excellent’ IP practice is ‘very dedicated and does a great job’. As a major service provider to Teva and represents brewer Anheuser-Busch in the Israeli element of its global trade mark dispute over the Budweiser name. Other clients include Allergan, Pelephone, Perrigo Israel, Toyota and Yeda Research and Development. The ‘excellent’ Tal Band is highly recommended. Avi Ordo and Anthony Bloch are also recommended.

Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co Law Office performs expertly in IP litigation, licensing and enforcement, and patent prosecution. Clients include financial institutions, universities and leading life sciences companies. The firm represented Sanofi-Aventis in defeating an opposition to a drug mechanism patent application and oversaw a seizure of imitation products for another client. Shlomo Cohen is highly recommended.

Adin-Liss, Law Offices meets the ‘highest standards of competence, professionalism, and responsiveness’. Its clients include Creative Technology, which it successfully represented in opposing a trade mark application by a Turkish competitor. Dan Adin and Eran Liss are ‘exceptional litigators: precise, quick, thorough, sharp’, and ‘very good, very knowledgeable and very thorough’.

Better known for IP prosecution, Eitan-Mehulal Law Group also handles enforcement and litigation. Tally Eitan and Shirley Gal-Zaken are recommended.

GSCB Glusman Shem-Tov Chowers Broid’s trade mark practice provides ‘excellent, pragmatic and appropriate advice’ on licensing, prosecution and litigation. It handles the portfolios for Versace and new clients Nilit and Radware. Miriam Hackmey heads the IP team and is ‘the best in the field’ for trade marks, being ‘fast to respond, clear in her advice, personable and proactive’. Zvi Chowers is also recommended.

Herzog Fox & Neeman’s small team focuses on trade mark and e-commerce transactions and some litigation. It is defending Inter-Lab in a $200m royalties and patent infringement case brought by Israel Bio-Engineering Project. Cyberspace law expert Neil Wilkof heads the practice and is ‘one of Israel’s top IP lawyers’.

Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein is ‘responsive, extremely strong and provides flawless legal advice concerning IP law and commercial contracts’. It advises on commercial IP agreements and application of the law to cutting-edge technologies including representing Ex Libris on an R&D agreement and advising Logia on internet and copyright laws. Team head David Mirchin is recommended.

US-Israeli law firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer handles IP enforcement and licensing as well as patent and trade mark prosecution work. Clients include Microsoft and Siemens. Dor Cohen-Zedek, Nachman Cohen-Zedek and Zeev Pearl are recommended, although the latter now works primarily in New York.

Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co’s comprehensive IP practice is ‘extremely flexible and responsive’ and provides ‘high-quality deliverables for reasonable fees’. It is representing Pliant in a technology theft case against Stryker GI and acting for Israeli Military Industries in two patent opposition cases. Arnan Gabrieli and Nahum Gabrieli are recommended.

Bressler, Drori, Werzansky-Orland Israel advises on IP and commercial agreements, and handles patent prosecution and some IP litigation. Clients include Biocat and OECD. Eyal Bressler heads the group.

Ellen B. Shankman & Associates is a ‘very responsive and highly knowledgeable’ trade mark boutique representing Fortune 10 and Fortune 100 clients on brand strategy, enforcement and prosecution. Ellen Shankman is ‘an excellent trade mark attorney with strategic vision’.

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co’s small team advises on copyright royalty and patent disputes for clients such as Channel 10 and Hot. Atir Hardof-Jaffe is recommended.

Luzzatto & Luzzatto Patent Attorneys handles prosecution, licensing and litigation for clients including numerous pharmaceutical companies – such as GSK and Pfizer. Kfir Luzzatto is recommended.

M Seligman & Co advises media clients such as Maariv and NMC Music Entertainment on copyright and other IP.

Sanford T Colb & Co provides copyright, patent and trade mark prosecution, dispute and commercial IP advice. Eitan Shaulsky heads the litigation group.

Yuval Karniel heads Shibolet & Co’s internet and electronic media group, which advises on copyright and trade marks.

Soroker-Agmon, Advocates & Patent Attorneys has earned a strong reputation for contentious and non-contentious advice. Jonathan Agmon is recommended.

Tony Greenman at Tony Greenman, Law Offices is a copyright and soft IP expert whose clients include United Studios of Israel and Itzhak Rabin Center for Israeli Research.

Nadav Shichor heads Yigal Arnon & Co’s IP transactions practice that advises clients such as NasVax and Technion.

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