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SubscribeA person aware of a counterfeit but turns a blind eye risks committing copyright infringement himself
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
Copyright, Trademarks Media and Artists
A book trader purchase and sold books, later discovered to be counterfeit. The Court held that the books trader infringed the publisher’s copyrights and therefore is to pay compensation of ILS 320,000. Copyright infringement can occur indirectly when the infringing party should have known that it was an infringing copy. In this case, the book […]
An agreement signed on behalf of a company without authority may still obligate the company if it acted upon it
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
A lessee and a corporate lessor negotiated after the term of the lease agreement was about to expire, and a new lease was signed under significantly better conditions for the lessee. Upon termination of the relationship, the lessor contended that the new lease agreement was not duly signed by a signatory thereof and does not […]
A real estate partnership agreement between co-owners of land cannot limit transferability for over five years
Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
Four families jointly purchased land and the real estate partnership agreement related to a certain part of the land set that it belongs to two of them and, where one wishes to sell its share, it will be required to grant the other the right of first refusal. Over forty years later, the land had […]
A controlling shareholder is not personally liable for a company’s city tax debt accumulated before the purchase of the shares
Taxation and Government Incentives and Funding
Dispute Resolution
A municipality demanded a controlling shareholder of company to pay the company’s city tax debt accumulated in relation to a commercial property at a time when she was not yet a controlling shareholder. The Supreme Court held that a controlling shareholder is not liable for company’s debt for the period in which he was not […]
A long-term agreement between an artist and a producer will be construed pursuant to the behavior of the parties over the years
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
An artist and music creator terminated an exclusive distribution agreement for his creations by a musical producer after discovering that over the years he did not receive all the funds he was supposed to receive for performances and musical albums produced together. Inter alia the artist demanded full data from the financial books of the […]
A triple parental order? And what if the child had three parents…?
Parentage, Surrogacy and Adoption
A “parental order” is the way for parents, who are not the child’s genetic parents, to register in Israel as parents by law – an important legal process that also allows same-sex couples to be both recognized as the minor’s parents. But what happens when the other genetic parent wishes to be recorded as a […]
A flight that departed at a delay of 8 hours and more will be considered a canceled flight
Maritime, Aviation and Transportation Law
Dispute Resolution
Air travelers purchased airline tickets and landed at their destination 18.5 hours after the original arrival time. The airline did not appoint a representative on its behalf to help the travelers exercise their rights and provided them with no explanations. The Court held that the airline would compensate its travelers. When a flight departs at […]
A parental order may not be granted in a way that a minor will have more than two parents
Parentage, Surrogacy and Adoption
Dispute Resolution
Married female spouses sought to expand their family unit and one entered with a childhood friend a “joint parenting” agreement which was also approved by the Family Court and received the status of a Court verdict. The agreement set the manner in which the minors will be raised and even explicitly stated that the mother […]
