Shibolet & Co. regularly appears in high-stakes litigation across various courts, including at Supreme Court level. The team’s sector expertise spans media and entertainment, technology and software, healthcare and life sciences, as well as real estate and hospitality. A ‘highly-qualified IP litigator’, department head Tamir Afori is praised by clients as ’second to no one in Israel for copyright cases’. In May 2025, patent litigator Matan Kovacs joined from Gilat, Bareket & Co. of Reinhold Cohn Group.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Clients know that they will seek every way to promote clients’ interests. They fully trust Tamir Afori’s advice and he provides excellent representation in copyright cases.’
- ‘Tamir Afori is a highly-qualified IP litigator. He is second to no one in Israel for copyright cases.'
- ‘Tamir Afori and his team are very professional, efficient, and fair.’
Key clients
- Interior Leitersdorf (Dannah Leitersdorf)
- Isrotel
- Helicon
- Medifood Ltd
- Harman International
- Red Bend Ltd
- Kviskal Ltd
- GROHE AG
- Free TV
- Embrace Medical Ltd.
- Mifal HaPais - Israel lottery
- Camtek Ltd. No
Work highlights
Representing Isrotel, a large hotel chain, in a claim filed against it by the Federation of Phonogram Producers (IFPI) for alleged non-payment of royalties during wartime.
Represented Kviscal in a case in the Supreme Court of Israel, which discussed the weight of the consent of a prior trade mark owner to the registration of a new trademark.
Represented Medifood in an opposition that was filed by SharkNinja Operating against its application for the FOODIES trade mark.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Tamir Afori
Other key lawyers
Matan Kovacs; Ofer Larisch; Yehonatan Poran