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The Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee issued a new ruling that raises questions as to the ability of employers to obtain royalty-free assignments of inventions developed by employees during their term of service.

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On September 1, 2010, Israel joined the Madrid System for the International Registration of Trademarks.

The Madrid System allows companies and individuals to apply for trademark protection in various countries simultaneously using one central filing and registration procedure. Among the main advantages of the Madrid System are lower costs, one single application form, one language, one set of fees, multiple classes in each application and one international registration. Another major advantage is that the involvement of a local trademark agent may only be needed if the trademark application encounters an opposition in a selected country.

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In this annual update from Meitar’s Technology and Intellectual Property Group, David Mirchin, head of the practice group, presents what he considers to be five of the most important developments during 2009 in Israeli law impacting e-commerce and technology companies.

The five topics are:

• The Premier League Loses Big: Streaming of Sport Events is a “Fair Use”
• The Score is Tied at 2-2: Initial Judicial Decisions under the new Israeli Spam Law
• Proposed Electronic Commerce Law Withdrawn
• Courts Regulating ISP Liability in Light of Failure to Enact Electronic Commerce Law
• Liability of Cell Phone Companies for Third Party Content

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For the first time ever, the Israeli Database Registrar imposed an administrative fine (in the amount of NIS 177,000) on a company for its use of a database in violation of the Israeli Privacy Law.

In this Privacy Law Update David Mirchin explains the violation in this case, and reminds clients of what to do so that they don’t end up in the same predicament as this company.

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