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 Ceremonie Tea Companie against Wissowtski Tea Company

December 2007: Adv. Sivan has represented the Israeli tea company CEREMONIE in a trademark case against Wissotski Tea Company.

Adv. Sivan has filed a motion for an Injunction to prevent Wissotski the use of the mark HARMONY on their tea products, based on the claim that the mark HARMONY is phonetically similar to the registered trademark CEREMONIE, causing likelihood of confusion with the tea consumers.

The District Court has issued an agreed injunction in which the defendant was ordered to change their brand (adv. Sivan was at that time an associate at Furth Wilenski Mizrhachi Knaani Law Office).