1.9.10 -

The Madrid Protocol System for filing International Trademark Applications is officially operational in Israel

24.3.10 -

Use of translated word mark of a registered trademark could be considered as trademark use to avoid trademark cancellation.

News & Updates

20.2.11 -

Use of a trademark only by a licensee will not consider "use" by the proprietor of the mark unless the licensee is registered as a registered user.

News & Updates

1.1.10 -

The Designs and Patents Registrar clarified, that publication of a design on the Internet prior to an application for registration of such design may considered to be Prior Art

News & Updates

1.1.2012 -

The Trademark Registrar: Trademark Applications for Slogans will be Examined Exactly as Any Other Mark

Representing Baby Bags Company against Philips - Avent

October 2008: Adv. Sivan has represented the well known Baby bags designer GITTA BAGS in a case of alleged registered designed infringement and passing off against local companies together with Philips Electronics – Avent.

The District Court accepted the motion to serve the statment of claims to Philips Electronics – Avent filed by Adv. Sivan and ruled in a precedent decision that a trademark owner may be liable, if he doesn’t prevent the ongoing use of his trademark on a product which allegedly infringes the rights of others, even if the use of his trademark is without his permission (adv. Sivan was at that time an associate at Furth Wilenski Mizrhachi Knaani Law Office).