Category Archives: Designs

New Law Memorandum on Designs in Israel

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Jonathan Agmon

On Jaunary 13, 2013, the Israeli Justice Department released its long expected Law Memorandum on the Law of Designs in Israel. The Law Memorandum proposed to enact a new Designs Law to replace the law of designs now incorporated in … Continue reading →

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June 2011 Israel Patents & Designs Journal is Published

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jonathan Agmon

See: http://www.nevo.co.il/law_word/law102/pat-6-2011.pdf

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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

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Jonathan Agmon

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 →

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Cancellation of Design Requires Near-Identical prior art

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Jonathan Agmon

In Application for the Cancellation of Registered Design Serial Number 31007 (Termo Rubber Ltd. v. Agmon Company for the Production of Rubber & Plastics Ltd.)  Agmon sought the cancellation of a registered design for rubber sealing of aluminum frames, used … Continue reading →

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Motion to Revive an Abandoned Design Rejected

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Jonathan Agmon

The Israeli Patent Office rejected on 3 February 2011 a motion to revive an abandoned design. The design serial No. 40394  registered to Ran Gorestien was abandoned March 2010 for failure to pay the renewal fees. The motion to revive stated that the … Continue reading →

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Expenses Awarded When Design Cancellation Proceedings Abandoned

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jonathan Agmon

By Jonathan Agmon and Dan Berg The Israeli Patent, Trademarks & Designs Registrar held on 9 December 2010 in a Motion for Award of Expenses in Design No. 46444 Cancellation Proceedings between Amraz Ltd. v. K.A. Plastic that expenses would be … Continue reading →

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