This case deals with a couple of competing Israeli companies that make aluminum profiles for windows and doors for business and domestic premises that filed cancellation actions against each other’s trademarks. Here, a word of explanation is in order. The… Read More ›
Israel IP
Amending ranges in the claims of an issued patent
Once a patent has issued, claim can still be amended to correct errors or to narrow the scope of the claims. Such narrowing amendments must, however, be supported by the specification. No new material can be added. Often such claim… Read More ›
Regalo; is a Spanish word distinctive in Israel?
The word mark REGALO was submitted as a trademark in Israel for jewelry, gem-stones and watches in class 14 and for pens and writing implements in class 16. The word regalo means gift in Spanish, and the Examiner considered it… Read More ›
Is Selling a TV Adaptor Enabling Access to Sports Channels Copyright Infringement?
This decision considers the liability or otherwise of a supplier of adaptors that enable access to broadcasts of the English Premier League that would otherwise have to purchased from a satellite or cable provider that has an arrangement with the… Read More ›
Tnuva vs. Strauss – Can an Interim Decision not to Allow an Amendment to an Opposed Patent be Appealed by Right Prior to the Main Ruling Issuing?
This Supreme Court Ruling clarifies that interim rulings regarding amendments to the application within the framework of an Opposition proceedings, are part of the opposition proceedings and can only be appealed immediately if authorization to appeal is given. After the… Read More ›
When TEVA Abandons an Opposition
Mapi Pharma filed Israel Patent Application No. 220476 titled “Long Acting Depot System Comprising a Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salt of Glatiramer” which is used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The application is the national phase of a PCT submitted on 9… Read More ›
Habitat
This trademark ruling concerns marks for Habitat in Hebrew and English. Habitat Design International had registered the English word-mark Habitat as a trademark in Israel. In 1976 Abraham Myerovitz opened a local store under the name הביטאט (Habitat in Hebrew) and… Read More ›
Maxi & Me, and Edmonton the Boundaries of Copyright Protection and Slander
Ron Guata submitted a play called Edmonton to a new talent competition organized by Beit Lissin in 2010. Hillel Mittelpunkt, a playwright associated with Bet Lissin, launched a play called Maxi & Me. Both deal with real-estate issues and Guata… Read More ›
CAL vs. CAL AUTO
CAL Auto ltd submitted Trademark Application No. 272949 for their trademark in February 2015. The mark was allowed in November 2016, and on 19 January 2017, Israel Credit Cards ltd who trade under the term CAL and own various marks… Read More ›
Amuse Society Trademark Opposition
AMUSE LLC submitted Israel TM Application Number 266361 for the word-mark AMUSE SOCIETY in class 25. The Application was the national phase of international Trademark Application No. 1207555 filed under the Madrid Protocol. Ron Uziel represented by Kolodny Advocates opposed the… Read More ›