Liad Whatstein & Co. Law Office

The firm: The firm is headed by Liad Whatstein who is broadly recognized as Israel’s top IP litigator and has been practicing IP law for almost 30 years. The firm has been involved in Israel’s highest profile IP disputes including in precedent setting hearings at the Supreme Court. The firm among others acts for most major international innovative pharmaceutical companies in complex patent disputes and is often engaged by patentees to assist in developing strategy for multi-jurisdictional litigation. In addition, the firm is extensively involved in patent litigation in connection with defense related technologies and computer hardware and software. The lawyers at the firm are well-known for their technological competence and their skill to formulate complex technological and legal arguments in simple and understandable terms. The senior position of the firm is further demonstrated by the fact that the State of Israel elected the firm to represent the State in its high-profile patent disputes.

In addition to patent work, the firm has a very strong soft IP and anti-counterfeiting practice. The firm acts for many of the international brand owners including international media companies, spirits manufacturers, cosmetics companies, luxury brand owners in the fashion and perfume industry, international automotive companies, football clubs and many others. The firm is conducting anti-counterfeiting campaigns on behalf of its clients and has excellent working relationship with the enforcement agencies. The firm has also been involved in precedent setting trademark and copyright proceedings which had significant impact on how IP law developed in Israel.

The firm also has a very strong patent and trademark prosecution practice. The firm leverages its contentious experience to obtain strong and enforceable patents and manages the patent portfolios of major international pharmaceutical clients. In addition, numerous innovative pharma clients assign to the firm the prosecution of strategic patent families as well as the prosecution of petitions for Patent Terms Extensions which is a field in which the firm has unique expertise.

Areas of practice: Liad Whatstein & Co. is Israel’s go to firm for complex patent disputes and oppositions. The firm has been acting for many of the large innovative pharmaceutical companies in disputes and opposition proceedings which require strong scientific background. The firm has among others developed novel arguments which have been used in litigation worldwide, orchestrated complex experiments to support the arguments and utilized cutting edge analytical techniques to win cases. The firm also has extensive experience and strong capabilities in biologicals and biosimilar litigation and has been involved in most major cases in Israel. The firm is also extensively involved in litigation and opposition proceedings in defense related technologies.

The firm is also acting for large international brand owners in trademark and copyright litigation and is orchestrating major anti-counterfeiting campaigns for its clients.

In addition to its contentious practice, the firm manages trademark and patent portfolios for its international clients. The firm leverages its unrivalled contentious experience to develop creative patent prosecution strategies which result in strong enforceable patents. In addition, the firm assists its clients in drafting and negotiating license, distribution and franchise agreements.