•Increase in Minimum Wage – As of December 2017, minimum wage was increased to 5,300 NIS per month and 28.49 NIS per hour.

In a decision of the Israeli District Court dated November 28, 2005, in the matter of C.A. 643/05 Ansell Limited v. Super Pharm (Israel) Ltd. et al. (not yet published), it was held, inter alia, that the claimant, the owner of the mark "Life Styles", is prevented from raising arguments against the defendant's marks "Life" and "LifeStyle", due to the lengthy period that elapsed since the claimant first became aware of defendant’s use of the marks and, throughout that period, the claimant refr

The current wording of section 1 of the ITO provides that a body of persons would be deemed an Israeli resident if it was either incorporated in Israel or if its business is managed and controlled in Israel.

In a decision handed down by the Israeli Registrar of Trade Marks, dated January 9, 2005, it was held that the Israel Appellation of Origin for "JAFFA" (including "Jaffas" and also "Yafo", "Jaffa" and "Jaffas" in Hebrew) (<B>"the JAFFA AO"</B>) will not be renewed.

In a decision of the Israeli District Court dated January 12, 2005, in the framework of provisional proceedings in the matter of C.A. 2332/04, MCA 20294/04 <I>Allergan, Inc. et al.,</I> <I>v. B4U Ltd. et al. </I>(not yet published), it was held, <I>inter alia, </I>that respondents’ use of the marks "BOTO EFFECT" and "BOTORELAX" infringe Allergan Inc.’s well-known trademark "BOTOX".

The Israeli Patents, Designs and Trademarks Registrar (hereinafter: "the Registrar") held that the mark "VIRGIN CANDLES" (hereinafter: "the Requested Mark") is confusingly similar to the registered trademark "VIRGIN", which the Registrar recognized as a well-known trademark in Israel.

The Supreme Court allowed an appeal filed by The Manufacturers Association of Israel, but denied that filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., thereby determining that MSD's patent term extension for ezetimibe has expired.

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.

The Israeli Registrar of Trade Marks recently issued several Circulars, addressing the policy of the Israel Trade Marks Office (<B>"the ITMO"</B>) with respect to the examination of different types of trademark applications.

In a precedential decision of the Israeli Registrar of Trade Marks dated Jul 9, 2006, it was held that, under certain conditions, identical marks may co-exist in the registry, subject to each registration being limited to a different or specific geographical area.

In a decision of the Israeli Trademarks Registrar dated March 6, 2006, it was held that Coca Cola's trademarks for "DO WHAT FEELS GOOD" consist of a slogan which has no distinctive character and are therefore not acceptable for registration.