A parallel importer of originating products may use the manufacturer’s trademarks subject to the duty of fairness

A company engaged in consulting and exercising rights demanded to receive legal fees from a client after about a decade, contending that it referred it to legal representation that led to a reduction in lease fees vis-à-vis the Tel Aviv Municipality. The Court rejected the claim and held that the agreement had been abandoned by […]

An association deposited significant amounts of cash collected as donations into its bank account, without identifying their source.  Consequently, and against the backdrop of various media reports raising suspicions of its involvement in terror financing, the bank decided to completely block its account activity. The Court held that the bank must refrain from closing the […]

A non-Israeli company, which holds the rights to an international brand, claimed that Israeli companies breached a license agreement and infringed upon its trademark by manufacturing and marketing products bearing the brand without its authorization. The Israeli companies argued that they had acted lawfully under explicit authorization received from the company’s exclusive local representative in […]

An Israeli lawyer, sued by an Israeli investor who had entered into a real estate investment agreement abroad through the lawyer via a foreign partnership, requested to dismiss the investor’s claim in limine, arguing that Israel is not the proper forum to hear the dispute. The Supreme and District Courts dismissed the motion due to […]