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In December 2023, Israel’s Ministry of Health (“MoH”) published substantial revisions to the guidelines regulating policy and procedure for the registration and use of biosimilar pharmaceuticals in Israel (Procedure No. 127). The new guidelines ease requirements for registration and use of biosimilars in Israel. While the full effect of these revisions on the Israeli biopharmaceutical […]

This article was included in the AIPPI Congress News and explains the significance of the AIPPI Resolution on “Experimental Use and Bolar-type Exemptions to Patent Infringement,”, which plays an important role in pursuing global and lasting healthcare for everyone. Click here to read

Dear friends, We thank the hundreds of clients and colleagues from all over the world for their words of support and encouragement and for expressing their shock and feelings of abhorrence, pursuant to the atrocities committed by Hamas against civilians, including babies, toddlers, women, and men, young as well as elderly people, who were slaughtered […]

Ten prominent fragrance companies, including Armani, Chloe, Davidoff, Hugo Boss, Lancôme, L’Oréal, Polo, and more, recently took an Israeli ‘smell-alike’ perfume maker to court over trademark infringement. The Israeli court dismissed all claims, citing the ‘fair use’ defense, as the defendant’s use of registered trademarks was in good faith and not intended to mislead the […]

Many creators, naturally immersed in the creative process, do not always bother to regulate their copyrights as co-creators, and even if they regulate it, they seldom forget to address the question of what will happen on the day of parting – what will be the fate of the joint creation? Which of them will be […]

In a decision issued on 4 January 2023 (Application for cancellation and deletion of trademarks Nos 292289, 292348 and334146), the Honourable Deputy Registrar of Patents, Designs and Trademarks of Israel considered whether it is possible to cancel the registration of a trademark on the ground of bad-faith use (rather than only on the ground that […]

The Israel Economic Competition Law (aka anti-trust law) was recently amended in furtherance to the draft bill published by the Commercial Competition Authority back in 2022. The amendment of the law aims to regulate the issue of parallel imports in the aspect of economic competition. The main purpose of the amendment is to prevent harm […]

The Israel Patent Office has recently published its annual report for the year 2022, providing valuable insights into the innovation landscape in Israel and the Israeli market as a whole. In 2002, an increase in the number of patent applications filed in Israel was observed, continuing the trend in recent years. Approximately 10,000 new patent […]

In recent months, a great deal has been written and discussed about Artificial Intelligence (AI), its advantages, and the questions it raises. From the aspect of copyright law, many questions arise regarding the lawfulness of using copyright-protected works to train AI programs, the works such programs produce after their training is complete, and whether using […]