Lapidot, Melchior, Abramovich & Co., Israeli Law Firm

	Jerusalem offices Lapidot, Melchior, Abramovich & Co. Amot Bldg. 11 Kiryat Hamada St., P.O.B 45134 Jerusalem 91451, Israel Tel: 972-2-5638070 Fax: 972-2-5638071 Contact Us Online

Lapidot, Melchior, Abramovich & Co. utilizes online and offline case law databases updated daily in order to keep its legal research up to date. As a service for our clients and for the general public in Israel and worldwide LMA offers case summaries prepared and translated into English by LMA staff. These case summaries bring you developments in the areas of commercial, corporate and intellectual property law in Israel.

These case summaries are not an alternative to the full text of the verdicts nor do they replace consultation with a certified lawyer. The case summaries reflect the rulings in the specific circumstances surrounding each of the cases, and do not express the opinions of LMA.

Antitrust

Antitrust Authority Blocks Telecoms Merger (Tuesday, April 10 2007)

Borrower–Lender Relations Between Competitors (Sunday, April 2 2006)

Conviction of Companies and their Superior Officers in an Envelope Cartel (Tuesday, August 14 2007)

Five Punished for Ceremonial Palm Frond Cartel (Wednesday, March 1 2006)

Supreme Court Denies Appeal and Doubles Fines on Insurance Companies Directors (Sunday, May 1 2005)

Supreme Court upholds Conviction of Frozen-Vegetable Cartel Members (Saturday, September 15 2007)

Commercial_Law

Vendor May Not Raise Prices In Order To Preclude Reseller From Market (Thursday, March 11 2004)

Corporate_Law

Company May Waive Rights Under its Incorporation Documents (Tuesday, March 16 2004)

Company should be Governed by Majority Rules (Monday, December 8 2003)

Controlling Shareholder may not Sell Shares to Company’s Competitors (Tuesday, November 18 2003)

Dividend Distribution in Limited Liability Partnerships (Wednesday, July 27 2005)

Former Shareholders Have No Inspection Rights (Wednesday, May 5 2004)

No Extension to Minimum Capital Requirements for Publicly Traded Companies (Saturday, July 30 2005)

Receivers Entitled to All of Shareholders’ Information Rights (Wednesday, October 10 2007)

Reverse Triangular Mergers are Permitted under Israeli Law (Sunday, October 21 2007)

Second Order Derivative Action for Damage to Subsidiary (Saturday, January 7 2006)

Shareholder Meeting Approval Cures Prior Procedural Flaws (Sunday, December 17 2006)

Shareholders Approving a Takeover May Nevertheless Apply for Appraisal (Tuesday, November 15 2005)

The Difference Between Derivative and Personal Lawsuits (Thursday, May 20 2004)

Intellectual_Property

Application of Market Overt to Copyright Infringement (Sunday, September 11 2005)

Copyright License Does Not Automatically Include Right to Sue (Monday, July 7 2003)

Court Dismisses Medicine Trademark Claim (Tuesday, March 23 2004)

Court Recognizes the Right of Publicity and Sets Limits on Comparative Advertisements (Tuesday, March 30 2004)

Goodwill in Functional Elements (Monday, May 3 2004)

International/National Exhaustion of Copyrights (Thursday, December 4 2003)

Jurisdiction in Online Infringement Case (Thursday, December 18 2003)

Parallel Importing is not a Violation of Intellectual Property Rights (Thursday, November 15 2007)

Statutory Damages for Each Segment of an Infringed Creation (Monday, August 1 2005)

Statutory Damages for Every Copied Image (Monday, March 1 2004)

Violation of a Copyright Creates an Estoppel of a Tort Claim against Software Vendor (Sunday, December 23 2007)

Labor_Law

Employer's Accountant May Appraise Redeemed Shares (Sunday, September 23 2007)

Employer’s Ownership Rights to an Employee’s Creation (Thursday, January 10 2008)

No Need to Translate Stock Option Agreements (Saturday, August 18 2007)

Work Hour Restrictions Have Limited Application in the Hi-Tech Industry (Saturday, May 8 2004)

Taxation

Required Disclosure of Tax Planning (Monday, November 27 2006)