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Israel Supreme Court Decides that There is No Copyright in Teaching Methods
On October 10, 2012 Israel Supreme Court accepted the appeal in the matter of Rivka Muzafi v. Rachel Kabali and ruled that there was no copyrights infringement of Grammar textbooks written by Kabali. The Israeli Supreme Court decided that there … Continue reading
Holon Children’s Museum Found to be Infringing Copyrights
by Don Cymerblit and Hagar Raved On August 2, 2012, the District Court in Tel-Aviv handed down a decision in the matter of Miriam Bilu V. The Municipality of Holon et al. The claim involves copyrights infringement in the drawings … Continue reading
The Importers of Counterfeit Winnie the Pooh Products Should Have Known That the Products Are Not Genuine
The District Court of Tel Aviv-Yafo handed on July 24, 2012 its decision in Disney Enterprise’s lawsuit against Kedar Toys and its manager for importing counterfeit Winnie the Pooh products. In 2001 the Plaintiff, Disney Enterprise reached an agreement with … Continue reading
Commercial Use of Infringing Works is Forbidden even if the Works were Purchased under Market Overt
A longstanding dispute involving the famous “Ibn-Shushan Dictionary” led to a key ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the indirect breach of copyright by a party that purchased the goods in good faith under market overt. The Court ruled that … Continue reading
Recordation of Sport Events is Subject to Copyright Protection in Israel
Last week, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down its decision in Civil Appeal 9183/09 The Football Association Premier League Limited v. John Doe (Published in Nevo, May 13, 2012). Vice President of the Court, Judge Rivlin handed down the unanimous opinion, overturning … Continue reading
What Law Applies to Relationship Between Copyright Joint Owners
On 19th of September 2011, the Central Distircit Court issued its decision in Kabali v. Reches Publishing Educational Projects Ltd. The court discussed what was the law to be applied on a relationship between joint owners in a copyrightable work … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, District Court, Owenership
Notice & Takedown defense reaffirmed and New Exceptions defined by the Israeli Central District Court
On August 8, 2010, the District Court in Petah Tikva handed its decision in Civil Action 567-08-09 A.L.I.S Ltd. et al. v. Rotter.net Ltd. et al. and held that a website owner will not be liable for Internet links that … Continue reading
Supreme Court applies Copyrights Contributory Infringement
On June 20, 2011, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down a decision that adopts the doctrine of copyrights contributory infringement in Israel. In a judgment rendered in Civil Appeal 5977/07 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem v. Shoken Publishing House et … Continue reading
Israeli Customs Cannot Detain Goods Infringing a Registered Design But Has Authority to Seize Goods which Would Lead to Consumer Confusion or Bearing False Commercial Marking
Crocs, the maker of unique plastic like shoes, owns various registered designs in Israel protecting the unique shape of the shoes it markets. Crocs also filed in 2006 applications for a logo showing a crocodile, but 5 years later these … Continue reading
Tel Aviv Magistrates Court Awards Damages to Copyright Infringement
On 31 January 2011 the Tel Aviv Magistrate Court (Judge Avigail Cohen) handed down a decision relating to Copyright and Passing off. The Court awarded NIS9,000 (USD2,400) for copyright infringement of a single picture. The case was brought by Jacov … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Court, Damages
Tagged copyright infringement, infringement of copyright in a picture
