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Legal Update – Intellectual Property – January 2020

This legal update includes a review of the Israeli Supreme Court ruling, rejecting a petition by Dr. Ruth Levy challenging a decision of the Compensation and Royalties Committee in the Ministry of Justice under the Patents Law to deny her royalties for inventions she developed during her employment. The ruling deals with the limited right of […]

Amit Dat & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. & Yael Riemer & Dorin Skelli | Jan 2020 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property and Competition & Antitrust – September 2019 (Hebrew)

On August 28, 2019, the Tel-Aviv District Court rendered an important decision, dealing with the relationship between the patent law and the competition law, and the subject matter jurisdiction of the court vis-à-vis the patent registrar. The decision deals with the concurrent applicability of the patent law and the competition law, as well as the […]

Yael Riemer & Ziv Schwartz & Amit Dat | Sep 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – January 2019

לחצו כאן לקריאת העדכון בעברית On January 1, 2019, the Knesset approved a significant new amendment to the Israeli Copyright Law (“Amendment”) that focuses on the online use of protected works. We will review the main provisions of the Amendment below. Indirect Liability for Communication to the Public: The Amendment provides a new indirect liability […]

Amit Dat & Yael Riemer & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. | Jan 2019 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – September 2018 (Hebrew)

On September 12, 2018, the European Parliament adopted significant amendments to the Draft Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market which were first published on September 2016. Below we review several important subjects, such as platform content filtering duties and legislative compensation for use of press publication, which are included in the current draft […]

Amit Dat & Yael Riemer & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. | Sep 2018 | Legal Update

Data protection and Privacy in Israel (LexisNexis)

In light of the global rise of data protection and privacy, it is important to understand the applicable legal framework when doing business in Israel. This practice note, written by FBC Partner Amit Dat and Dr. Omri Rachum-Twaig, was published by ‘LexisNexis’ and provides an overview of the regulation of data protection and privacy in […]

Amit Dat & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. | Dec 2017 | Publication

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – July 2017

Please find the full legal update here (Hebrew) On July 26, 2017, the Knesset approved a new Design Law (the “Design Law” or the “Law”). The Law will come into force 12 months following its publication. “Designs” are defined as the visual features of products (such as cars, electrical appliances, screen displays, furniture, jewelry, fashion, […]

Yael Riemer & Amit Dat | Aug 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – May 2017 (Hebrew)

On April 24, 2017, the District Court of Tel-Aviv published a decision in the case of CA (Tel Aviv District) 2659-04-15 Brodsky v. Armosa. The decision focuses on the question of the existence of copyright protection for television formats in Israeli copyright law, as well as on the scope of the author’s moral right of […]

Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. & Amit Dat & Yael Riemer | May 2017 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – October 2016 (Hebrew)

On September 29, 2016, the Justice Ministry published a memorandum on a proposed amendment to the Copyright Law 5767-2007 (hereinafter: the “Copyright Law” and the “Proposed Amendment”, respectively.) The Proposed Amendment deals with copyright infringement on the internet and it includes new legislative frameworks in four different areas: (A) the expansion of the application of […]

Amit Dat & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. | Oct 2016 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – September 2016

On August 28, 2016, the Israeli District Court of the Central District issued a decision regarding the right of publicity under Israeli Law (In re Fundacio Gala Salvador Dali v. V.S Marketing (Israel 2005) Ltd.). The right of publicity is the right of a person to financially exploit his name, picture or voice. This decision […]

Amit Dat & Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. | Sep 2016 | Legal Update

Legal Update: Intellectual Property – Right of Publicity in Israeli Law – September 2016

Legal Update – Right of Publicity in Israeli Law On August 28, 2016, the Israeli District Court of the Central District issued a decision regarding the right of publicity under Israeli Law (In re Fundacio Gala Salvador Dali v. V.S Marketing (Israel 2005) Ltd.). The right of publicity is the right of a person to […]

Omri Rachum-Twaig, Dr. & Amit Dat & Yael Riemer | Sep 2016 | Legal Update

FBC represented a JPMorgan Chase Bank led syndicate in a $280M financing transaction

FBC represented a JPMorgan Chase Bank led syndicate, which included Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi, as joint organizers, in a $280M financing transaction with respect to Mellanox Technologies Ltd. The proceeds of the loan were used mainly as part of Mellanox’s contribution to a merger with EZ Chip Semiconductor Ltd., in a scope exceeding […]

Miri Kimhi & Amit Dat & Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz | Feb 2016 | Transaction

Israeli District Court broadens the liability of invention owners in the event of misconduct when filing a patent application

Israeli District Court broadens the liability of invention owners in the event of misconduct when filing a patent application.

Amit Dat | Oct 2015 | Legal Update

Choice of law and choice of venue provisions in online agreements

Amit Dat & Yael Riemer | Jul 2015 | Legal Update

FBC advises Mybitat in a technology development agreement with Samsung

FBC advises Mybitat in an agreement with Samsung for the joint development of an innovative smart home solution aimed at helping the elderly.

Amit Dat | Apr 2015 | Transaction

FBC advises Imperus Technologies in its acquisition of Diwip

FBC advises Imperus Technologies Corp. in its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of Diwip Ltd. for a purchase price of up to $100M.

Eran Yaniv & Ronald Lehmann & Liat Halperin & Amit Dat | Jan 2015 | Transaction

Latest developments regarding Service Inventions

Amit Dat & Yael Riemer | May 2014 | Legal Update