Israel
Answer ... The Israel Trademark Office (ITO) – a division of the Israel Patent Office, which itself is a unit of the Israel Ministry of Justice.
Israel
Answer ... The current ITO filing fee is ILS 1,617 for the first class and ILS 1,214 for each additional class. No additional fees apply during prosecution or for publication and registration. However, there is an extension fee of ILS 74 per month.
Israel
Answer ... Class-wide applications are not allowed. The applicant must provide a specific list of goods or services for each class.
Israel
Answer ... No written statement to that effect is required as part of the application process, but such an intention is assumed.
Israel
Answer ... The ITO examines each application to ensure that it meets all of the formal and substantive requirements set forth in the Trademarks Ordinance.
Israel
Answer ... Yes. The following is an abridged review of Articles 11.1–11.8 and 11.10–11.12 of the Trademarks Ordinance on absolute grounds for refusal:
- marks that make a reference to the state’s president or inference to such;
- marks that include state flags/emblems, flags, foreign state emblems or the symbols of international organisations;
- marks that include public armorial bearings, official signs or seals used by any state to indicate control or warranty, or any indication that the owner enjoys the patronage of, or supplies goods or renders services to, a head of state or a government, unless proven;
- marks that include terms such as “patent’, ‘patented’, ‘by royal letters patent’, ‘registered’, ‘registered design’, ‘copyright’ or ‘to counterfeit this is forgery’;
- marks that would be injurious to public policy or morality;
- marks that could deceive the public, that contain false indications of origin or that encourage unfair trade competition;
- marks that are identical or similar to emblems of exclusively religious significance;
- marks that include the representation of a person, unless the consent of that person has been obtained;
- marks that include numerals, letters or words which are in common use in trade, unless they have a distinctive character;
- marks that include a geographical signification or a surname; and
- marks that identify a wine or an alcoholic drink containing a geographical signification, where the goods are not from that same geographical area.
Israel
Answer ... There is no official mechanism for this. However, an opposition can be filed within three months of publication of a notice of allowance.
Israel
Answer ... About four to six months.
Israel
Answer ... About eight to 12 months.
