Monthly Archives: April 2011

Cancellation of Design Requires Near-Identical prior art

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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Criminal Sanctions For Copyright Piracy

In the State v. Eliran Perez, on appeal to the Nazeret District Court, the court reduced a sentence of NIS20,000 (~USD5,700) and a guarantee of another NIS10,000 (~USD2,800) to avoid committing another offense, with a sentence of NIS14,000 (~USD4,000) or 4 month in prison. … 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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Passover Holiday Closure of Israeli Patent Office 2011

During the Passover holiday the Israeli Patent, Design and Trademark Office will be closed from April 18, 2011 through April 26, 2011.  Documents due during this period .must be filed on April 27, 2011.  

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