Posts by Doron Afik

Using a trademark to distinguish between the trademark bearing business and the other business shall not constitute infringement of the trademark

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A restaurant that operated under the trade name “Moon” changed its name due to separation from some of the owners. Following the name change, the restaurant published a notice of the name change, indicating the previous trade name. The Court held that…

Business conduct in the framework of limited liability companies may deny the right to remedy of provision of accounts which is relevant to a partnership

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Shareholders established a branched corporate structure of limited liability companies for the purpose of providing personnel services, while committing criminal offenses of fraud and money laundering. At the end of the criminal proceeding, one of them moved the Court, inter alia, for…

An idea by itself is not protected by copyright law, only its expression is protected

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A lecturer claimed that parts of her research paper were copied as part of an academic article published by a doctoral student, contending that there is an identity between the subject of the article and the subject of her research work, including…

Investment in a company based on draft audited financial reports and without full due diligence removes liability for the representations

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An investor invested in a company based on draft financial statements prepared by an accounting firm. After the company collapsed and was declared insolvent, the investor claimed that the accounting firm was negligent in preparing the financial statements and is responsible for…

Cancellation of a gift of real estate that has been completed by recording is not possible

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An estate administrator claimed to return to the Estate Fund a real estate property of deceased that was given as a gift during her lifetime, claiming that she never agreed to give the apartment as a gift to the defendants and that…

A person convicted of using inside information may be sentenced to imprisonment if such punishment is imposed on the insider

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A woman with no experience in the capital market who was in financial distress was convicted of using inside information she received from a person with whom she was in contact and who urged her to use the information. The use of…

MiCA, Who the F is MiCA?

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On December 2024, the ground shook in the global crypto world. Or, at least that’s what conted the legislators of the new EU legislation for the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), which, like the GDPR and the EU legislation on artificial…

A manager who provides promises and stories without coverage may bear personal liability and pay damages to customers

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A customer ordered from a company a unique custom-made pergola manufactured abroad. Despite repeated promises by the company manager for a year and four months, the pergola did not reach Israel, and the manager was demanded to repay the advance payment and…

A provision in a prenuptial agreement relating to the manner of dividing the estate of a party to the agreement is null and void

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A couple signed a prenuptial agreement according to which if the man passes during the course of their life together and before he has managed to purchase an apartment for investment, his widow will be entitled to inherit his full rights in…

One who acts to promote self-interest is not entitled to restitution from others who benefited from this

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An energy engineering expert who assisted a company in preparing an application for a grant by an international fund for the implementation and development of a project, out of an interest in working on the project, demanded to receive about 80% of…