Bad faith in Trademark Cases Can be Proven by Showing Previous Actions by a Specific Party

Trademark adjudicator Ya’ara Shoshani Caspi ruled that previous actions can be brought as evidence, but only when they have evidential value in proving facts which are in dispute.

The adjudicator further ruled that such evidence are difficult to allow and that in any case, the commissioner will weigh the evidential value on one hand and [...]

Israel Trademark Opposition Against “Tal Eden” Rejected Despite “Tal Haemek” Registered Mark

Tnuva, the largest dairy in Israel, filed an opposition against an application to register “Tal Eden” as a trademark in Israel. Tal Eden is expected to be imported to Israel. Tnuva, The opposer, argued that the requested mark is confusingly similar to “Tal Haemek”, a well known mark. In addition, dilusion of the mark Tal Haemek and unfair competition were argued.