On 27 October 2016, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) published, for comments by the public, proposed draft revisions to its current Examination Guidelines...

The court touched on issues of first impression relating to the connection between copyright protection and design protection of a designed article

In a rather unique case the Israel Supreme Court issued an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the company Hazera from requesting access to watermelon seeds of the company Origene Seeds...

The Supreme Court has issued its decision in a dispute over the alleged existence of a visual resemblance between pasta packages (Store Chain of Rami Levy Hashikma Marketing 2006 ...

In Habitat Ltd v Habitat International the Tel Aviv District Court under Judge Altuvia rejected a trademark infringement claim which had been filed by Mr Meerovich, the owner of a local furniture chain...

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) has officially approved the proposed draft revisions to its current Examination Guidelines, which are set to come into effect on April 1, 2017.

In a novel development of the court-made law protecting the right of publicity, in Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali v VS Marketing (Israel 2005) Ltd (CC (Central Distr) 3247-01-08, August 28 2016), ...

On August 2, 2022, the Privacy Protection Authority published a document detailing the challenges of privacy protection involved in the use of telemedicine services.

The following is an article expressing the necessity in enacting Data Exclusivity Provisions in Israel. The Article is an interview with Adv. David Gilat and Adv. Eran Bareket published in Ha’aretz daily newspaper on December 21, 2003.

The present article focuses on the obligation to record a licensee as an "authorized user" and the implications of the failure to do so, under Israeli law.

Miniso is an international chain of affordable retail stores for home appliances, stationary, cosmetics, toys and more, which was founded in Japan in 2013 and which currently runs over 2600 branches around the world.

In The National Aluminium & Profile Co (foreign company) v Extal Ltd (MCA (Jerusalem) 35620-02-16, November 1 2016), the Jerusalem District Court affirmed the deputy trademark registrar's refusal...

On January 2017, the Israeli Patents Office ("ILPO") published the results of an empirical study relating to pre-grant opposition proceedings.

The Israeli Patents Law – 1967 (hereinafter - the Law - allows for the extension of the term of patents for medicinal compositions and medical devices. The Law (as amended in 1998) stipulates, that those entitled to file an application for patent term extension (hereinafter: - PTE - are the proprietors of a "basic patent" and the holders of an exclusive license. The Law further stipulates that an application for patent term extension must be filed within 60 days from the grant of the marketing a

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The Israeli Patents Law 1967 empowers the Registrar of Patents to extend the term of 'basic patents' protecting pharmaceutical products, for an additional term beyond the statutory 20-year period of patent protection.

Patents Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Israel, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries