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Intellectual Property
With the rapid advances in technology, the reputation of Israel’s high-tech and life science industries has come to be recognized as a valuable national resource, supplying a major impetus to the country’s economy. Israel’s tradition of creativity and entrepreneurial drive combined with the individual sense of responsibility for achievement has propelled the relatively small country to a world presence in scientific and technological development. In a recent survey, Israel ranked number six worldwide as a country that was awarded the most patents by the US Patent Office on a per capita basis. Israel is a member state under the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the Berne Convention, the Universal Copyright Convention, international trademark conventions including Madrid, Nice, Lisbon and Strasbourg Agreements, and has effected TRIPS-related legislation to advance harmonization of international protection of intellectual property rights.
Israel’s active and modern Patent and Trademark Office affords protection for patents, trademarks and design registrations to applicants from around the world.
Shibolet understands that intellectual property rights are one of the most valuable assets belonging to a start-up company or a mature enterprise engaging in continued research and development.
Along with a strong focus on the intellectual property rights in the development of hardware and software, the firm’s expertise has successfully expanded to include the burgeoning market of biotech and the life sciences. The firm’s attorneys are active and highly knowledgeable in the ever-growing body of laws and regulations pertaining to this industry.
The scope of services offered by the firm’s Intellectual Property team include:
* Review of patents, trademarks, copyrights and design applications and evaluation
for potential exposure to domestic and foreign infringement claims, including pre-
registration searches and patentability opinions.
* Expert patent drafting and evaluation by patent attorneys and technical experts in the
fields of: computers, electronics, communications, power systems, mechanics,
optics, physics, semi-conductors, biomedical engineering, biochemistry and biology.
* Filing and registration of IP rights with all patent offices and administrative bodies,
such as the PCT, Israel PTO, USPTO and other patent offices and official registrars
worldwide.
* Formation of joint ventures and other partnership entities.
* Engagement in a wide range of intellectual property litigation to ensure effective
enforcement of IP rights before all judicial and administrative bodies in Israel and
worldwide, including infringement actions and opposition proceedings.
* Support services to maintain operational frameworks to enable client flexibility in
the global market by way of, inter alia, assignments, sale and acquisition agreements,
non-disclosure agreements, licensing, confidentiality, and employment agreements
adapted for each individual client.
* Maintaining contacts with local agents worldwide for successful prosecution and
enforcement of IP rights.
* Negotiation and drafting of technology-related agreements involving software and
product licenses, broadcast and communications agreements, multi-media
development and Internet matters.
* Due diligence evaluations.
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