Congratulations to HDH Medical and TIPA on winning the Israeli Women Entrepreneurship Summit Competition!  PCZL is proud to represent two of the three winners of this prestigious competition.

Two PCZL partners were named as New York Metro Area Super Lawyers for 2011: Mitchell Shelowitz (Business Law) and Morey Wildes (Intellectual Property). "Super Lawyers" are nominated by their peers and vetted by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters, Legal Division. Only five percent of all lawyers in the New York Metro area ... Read more

The Senate has passed the “America Invents Act” (H.R. 1249), clearing the way for signing it into law by President Obama.  The Act provides for several major changes to U.S. patent law, including changing the basis for granting patents in the U.S. from first-to-invent to first-inventor-to-file for a patent.  The Act also provides numerous additional substantial changes affecting patent prosecution ... Read more

On August 25, 2011, Starling Advanced Communication Ltd. (Starling) announced that it will be acquired by a large international company, which is a leader in the field of communication.  Starling develops low-profile antennas, enabling satellite-based high-speed communication for airplanes.  Starling owns 17 registered patents (including 7 patents registered in the US), and 9 pending patent applications.  Starling’s patent portfolio is ... Read more

PCZL has helped in the establishment of the Slovenian-Israeli Chamber of Commerce and offers the Chamber pro bono legal services. The Slovenian-Israeli Chamber of Commerce concentrates on the development, nurture and promotion of economic and trade relations between Israel and Slovenia. The Chamber also strives to encourage cooperation between the countries in various fields including trade, investments in industry and agriculture, research ... Read more

PCZL represented Sela2, Inc., d/b/a Skila, in its June 2011 acquisition by Belhealth Investment Partners, Inc.  Skila is a global technology and services company specializing in product launch lifecycle management and engagement and relationship management solutions for the healthcare industry. Belhealth is a private equity buyout fund founded in 2011 targeting investment opportunities exclusively in the healthcare industry.  Hadar Solomon ... Read more

PCZL has helped in the establishment of SEAL (Social Entrepreneurship And Leadership in Israel) and offers SEAL pro bono legal services. The SEAL Foundation concentrates on assisting selected individuals improve their performance in order to benefit services in the public sector. SEAL is a foundation established by former Israeli Navy Seal's (Amutat Atalef) together with US donors with the goal to ... Read more

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer (PCZL) is one of the sponsors participating in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Program (EISP), a program launched by the 8200 Alumni Association, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Israel. The program offers selected entrepreneurs training and close guidance from the key players of the industry. Twenty out of ninety start-up companies were admitted into the ... Read more

  In an en banc decision, Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., Nos. 08-1511, -1512, -1513, -1514, -1595 (Fed. Cir. May 25, 2011), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has tightened the standards for both prongs of the inequitable conduct defense—materiality and intent to deceive—and, in doing so, rejected the “sliding scale” approach to materiality and ... Read more

PCZL is excited to announce the relocation of Mr. Jan Decker from the New York office to Berlin, Germany on June 1, 2011.  Jan is a German Rechtsanwalt and a New York attorney with over ten years’ experience in both jurisdictions, representing major US and European companies.  After two successful years at our New York office, Jan will continue to ... Read more