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Introduction to Trade Secrets law in Israel
Chapter 2 of the Commercial torts Law -1999 deals with protect against misappropriation of trade secrets . Trades secrets are considered as non-registered intellectual property. In other words, it is not possible or worthwhile for the owner of a trade

Bose & Beats Dispute over Headphone Patents Beats and Pieces, Counterfeit of a Counterfeit
The dispute’s core are noise-canceling patents registered by Bose and allegedly infringed by Beats, on 25th of July Bose filed a suit against Beats Electronics. The axis of Bose’s claim are 50 years of research and development that the company

See-Through Texting Patent Transparent Texting
Ever walked and texted simultaneously? This article is about you. Apple secured a U.S patent for a so called “transparent texting” technology that enables the users to see what is in front of them while texting. Numbers of smartphone users

Amazon Fortune Telling Patent Anticipatory Shipping
Amazon had secured a patent known as “method and system for anticipatory package shipping” in year 2013. The invention is basically a shipping booster which predicts pre designated area segments of proffered ordered products and pre-delivers those products to the

Google’s Micro Lens Tech Patent When Google Glass gave Birth
“Intrusive Technology” has been debated for several years now that technology minimized itself more and more. Google as the usher of new technology and pioneer of various fields of technology as filed a patent application with the USPTO. The patent

Apple Won a See-Through Glass Building Patent Design The USPTO granted Steve Jobs a patent design for See-Through Glass Building.
Although there are several transparent architectural designs in the United States such as Phillip Johnson’s “Glass House” and other architectural designs by Apple like the Cylindrical Store Entrance design and the “Flying Saucer” event auditorium. It is now official, to

Adidas v. Under Armour for Patent Infringement Wearable Tech IP Infridgement Dispute
Under armour, located in Baltimore allegedly infringed 10 registered Adidas patents. Adidas’s patents were registered between years 2007-2013 all in the field of wearable technology, fitness training and tracking devices. The core of the debate is the allegedly infringing products

Disney v. Deadmau5 Trademark Infringement Disney might Kill Deadmau5
Today, the 3rd of September, 2014 Disney has field a block to Deadmau5’s trademark request in the United States. Disney claims that the iconic mouse logo is too similar to the famous Mickey Mouse character in various Disney productions. Deadmau5

China’s Trademark Troll Trend Of Trolls and Chinese Mimicry
Like many US clean tech companies, successfully registering any company IP rights in China has been a long term saga with an unknown destination. Considering the fact that more than 70% of china’s economy is based on forgery and copying

Business Methods Patent Eligibility Much Ado about Nothing
In a court ruling of Alice Corp vs. CLS Bank, the supreme court of justice hereinafter: “The Court” determined that the defense of patent eligibility shall not be bestowed upon a computed method of financial exchange which minimizes risk of

Patentability of Isolated Gene Sequences (DNA) The Genesis of Nature Ownership Claim
This is a fascinating story of a combination between medicine and intellectual property. The case of “Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) v. Myriad Genetics” was discussed in several courts in the United States until the supreme court of justice, hereinafter:
Beastie Boys land a Copyright Infringement Compensation The Monster and The Beast-ie Boys
This is a story of the importance of the right “to say no” to the use of ones copyright, as the late Adam Yauch. Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and the estate of the late Adam “MCA” Yauch