Global Innovation Policy Center

March 15, 2017

Israel


Primary Sources

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  • Appellations of Origin (Procedure of Registration of Appellations of Origin Originating in a Foreign Country) Regulations, 5727-1967 (1967)
  • Appellations of Origin (Procedure of Registration of Appellations of Origin Originating in Israel) Regulations, 5726‒1966 (1966)
  • Civil Procedure Regulations, 5744-1984 (consolidated version of 2014) (2014)
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  • Commercial Torts Regulations (Remedies and Procedures), 5760-1999 (2000)
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  • Patents and Designs Ordinance 1926 (as amended up to June 16, 2008) (2008)
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  • Trademarks (Appeal to District Court) Regulations, 5748-1987 (as amended on April 1, 2011) (2011)
  • Trade-marks Order (Convention of Industrial Property), 1934 (2014)
  • Trademarks Regulations (Application of the Madrid Protocol), 5767-2007 (consolidated version of 2014) (2014)
  • Unjust Enrichment Law, 5739-1979 (1979)

Secondary Sources

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