Category Archives: Passing Off

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

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Hybrid Marks and the Difference Between Trademark Infringement And Passing Off

By Eran Soroker and Tzvi Selka On June 22, 2011, the District Court in Petah Tikva handed its judgment in A. Elyahu and Sons Ltd.’s (“the first Plaintiff”) and the Health Center (D.A.) Ltd. (“the second Plaintiff”) lawsuit against the … Continue reading

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Mobileye has reputation in the AWACS mark used by its previous distributor

The Jerusalem District Court was motioned on March 28th, 2011 by Mobileye Technologies Ltd. to enjoin L.D. Israel Auto Equipment Investment and two others from using or presenting the mark AWACS on the following day (March 29th, 2011) in a conference held … Continue reading

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Israeli Supreme Court finalizes dispute over the ORT trademark

The Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled in the case between the Worldwide Ort and Ort Israel. The dispute revolved around the rights to use the trademark ORT written in both the Hebrew and the English letters. The ORT organization was … Continue reading

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