WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU CO:MMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IPINIlIISR/D/l 
14 March 2000 
(00-1002) 
Original: English! 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ISRAEL 
The present document reproduces the textl of the Patents and Designs Ordinance (repealed as 
to patents), as notified by Israel under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/l/lSRlI). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPruETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
ISRAEL 
Le present document contient le textel de l'Ordonnance sur les brevets et les dessins et 
modeles (abrogee pour ce qui est des brevets), notifiee par Israel au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord 
(voir le document IP/N/l/lSRJI). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIP ALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL P ARRAFo 2 
DEL ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
ISRAEL 
En el presente documento se reproduce el textol del Decreto sobre patentes y dibujos y 
modelos industriales (derogado en 10 que respecta a las patentes), notificado por Israel en virtud del 
parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento IP/N/l/lSRJl). 
1 English only.! Anglais seulement.lEn ingIes solamente. IP/NIl/lSR/D1l 
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DESIGN PROVISIONS IN THE PATENTS 
AND DESIGNS ORDINANCE 
An ()ruinance to provide for the Grant of New Patents, the 
Registration of Patents and Designs Generally and the Requirements of 
International Conventions relating to Industrial Property. 
(Excerpts) 
1. SHORT TITLE.-This Ordinance mav be which is in substance a mere mechanical 
cited as t he P~tents and Designs J Or-device; 
dinance. 
r" R T 1 
PRELIl\11NAR Y 
.2. I:--:TEllrRETt\Tlo!'1.-ln this Ordinance. 
unk·ss the context otherwise re<}uin:s-
"art irle" mc:an5. as respects designs, 
any article of manufacture and any suh­
srance, artificial or natllral, or partly 
art ihcial and partly natural; 
"copyright" means the exc1llsive right 
to apply a design to any anicle in any 
class in which the design is registered; 
"court" means the court having juris­
diction in the matter as prescribed by thl': 
provisions of this Ordinance or, where 
no court is pr('scrihcd, the-Supreme Court 
sitt ing as a Court of Appeal; 
"design" means only the features of 
shape, configuration. pattern or ornament 
applitd [0. any article by any industrial 
pron.'ss or means, whether manual, 
mechanical or chemical. separate or 
combineu. which in the finished article 
appt'al to, ~nd are judged 'solely hy, 
the:-~ye, but does not include any mode 
or principle of construction or anything "district court" means the district 
court or. district courts appointed by 
Order of the Minister ofJustice to exercise 
jurisdiction under this Ordinance; 
"invention" means a ne-w product or 
commercial commodity Of the application 
in some new manner for any purpose of 
industry or manuracture of any means 
already discovered. known or used; 
"inventor and applicant" includes, 
subject to the provisions of this Ordinan­
ce, the legal representative of Cl deceased 
inventor or applicant; 
"legal representative" means the exe­
cutor of a will or administrator appointed 
by the court or, if there is no executor 
or administrator, the person or persons 
who, tinder t~le law of succession appli­
cable, are liable for the payment of the 
debts of the deceased; 
"patent" means letters patent for an 
invention; 
"pare-ntee" means the person at the 
time being entered on the register as the 
grantee or proprietor of the patent; 
"patent agent" means a person, firm 
or company carrying on for gain the 
Dare of basic Ordinance: January I, 1925; or Ordinances containing amendments: January :L2., 
1937; Itlne 24. and .5<-ptt:mber 30, 19~8 (Nos. 11 and 36, respectively); January 18, 1951; June U, 1952.; 
:tnd January "i. 1961. 
Omcial [ex! ptlblished in "The' Laws of Palestine in Forcf' on the 31st Day of December", 1933 
(Dray ton), Volume 11, Chaptt'r 105. page' 1076 (in English); "Government of Palestine: Ordinances, 
Hcgulations, Rules, Orders and Notices; AnnutU Volume for 193]", Volume I, page 1 (in English); 
"Laws of the State of Jsrad", Volume I. Ordinances 5708-1948. pages 2.) and 93 (in English): "Serer 
Ha Chukim", No. 65, page 29; No. 99. page 2-}8; No. 32.}. page 16 (in Hebrew). -PAGE 2. 
business of applying for or obtaining 
patents in Israel or elsewhere; 
"proprietor of a new or original 
design."-
(a) where: the author of the: design for 
good consideration executes t he work 
of some other person. means the person 
fur whol1l the design is so c:xecl!t<:d; 
(I») wh<:n: ;::my person aC<Juirt:s tht: 
tlr.:sign or rhe right w apply t he design 
to any artick either exclusively of any 
other person or otherwise. mc;ans. in 
the respect and to the extent in and to 
which the design or right has heen su 
acquired. the person by whom the 
design or right is so acquired; 
(e) in any other case, means the author 
(If the design; and, where the property in. 
or the right to apply, the design has 
d~\'olved from the original proprietor 
upon any other person, incluues that 
other pcrson. 
3. REGISTRY OF rATENTS AND DESIGNS.­
(I) There shall be a register of patents 
anJ a n:gister of designs under this 
Ordinance which shall be kept at the 
Law Courts, Jerusalem, or at such other 
p\;}ce as may be from time to time ap­
pointed by the Minister of Justice by 
order. 
(2.) Tht' registt'r of patents shall con­
tain the names and adJresses of grantees 
~f patents and of persons registered as 
patentc:es in pursuance of the provisions 
of ... st'ction 54. anJ shall also contain 
noti~cations of assignment. licences. 
amendments and Tt."vocarions of patents 
and such other matters as may be pres­
cribed. 
(3) The n'gister of designs shall con­
tain the names and adun:sses of proprie-IP/N/1/ISR/D1l 
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tors of registered designs, notifications 
of assignment, licences. cancellation of 
registration of designs and such other 
matters as may be prescribed. 
(1) There shall be a registrar of patents 
and designs (in this Ordinance called 
"the registrar") appointed by the Minis­
ter of Justice. who shall be assisted by 
such onicers and clerks as the registrar, 
with the sanction of the Minister of 
Justice, may from time to time determine. 
(5) The register of parents and the 
register of designs shall. in the absence of 
proor to the contrary. be evidence of 
any matters by this Ordinance directed 
or authorised to be entered therein. 
r ART IT 
PA TENTS 
[Omitted) 
PART ill 
DESIGNS 
30. ApPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF 
DESIGNS.-(l} The registrar may. on the 
application made in the prescribed form 
and manner of any person claiming to 
be the proprietor of any new or original 
design not previously published in Israel1 
register the design under this Part. 
(2) The same design may be registered 
in more than one class and. in case of 
doubt as to the class in which a design 
ought to be registered, the registrar 
may d~cide the question. 
(3) The' registrar m~y. if he thinks fit. 
refuse to register any design presented 
to him for registration and shall refuse 
to register a design of which. in his 
opinion. the use will be contrary [0 law. 
morality or public policy. 
I. The ori~in:tl tt'XC reads "Palcst'inc" but secrion 15(a) of the Law and Administration Ordin:tnce. 
)708-1948. provide. .. that "Palestine". whcrcvcr appc:arint! in the law, sh:tl\ henceforth hc read a.o; 
"Israd". NNC. however. thOlt section S of the Patents, Dcsigns and Trade Marks (Adaptation) 
Orciinance, 5708-19'i8. r~ads as follows-
"[n respC!Ct ofpatcnts granted and d-:signs registered prior to the 6th lyar. 5708 (15th May. 19,,8). 
and in rc.-spect of applications for the grant of patcnts and the registration of designs made to the 
former Regisr;ar prior to the said date, section I I (I )(c.l). 2.2.(::t){iii). }O(I) and )6(1 )(a) of the Patents Ordi­
nancc.-shall be construed as if section 15(a) of the Law and Administration Ordinance 5708-1948, 
did not apply thereto." IP/N/1/ISR/D/l 
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(4) An application which. owing to 
any cltJault or neglect on the part of the 
applicant. has not hte-n completed so as 
to en.abl<:: n:gistration to be effected 
within the rrt"~rihed time sha1l bedeemed 
to he aballdon:::d. 
(5) A design. when registereci. shall 
be registered as ()f the date of the applica­
tion for regisrration. 
31. REGISTRATION ()F DESIGNS IN NEW 
CLASS!:.$.- Wht.:ft" ;} cicsign has been Tcgis­
t<.'n.:d in (.lne or nwn: class or classes of 
gouds the application of the proprietor 
(If the design w register it in some one or 
more other cb-ss (.)r c1asst's shall not be 
refused nor shall the registration thereof 
be invalidated-
(a) on the ground of the de:sign not 
being a new ur original design by reason 
only that it has so previously registert:d: 
or 
(h) on the grOUI1U of the design having 
heen previously puhlished in Israel hy 
reason only that it has been applied to 
goods of any class in which it was pre­
viously registered: 
Provided that such subsequent regis­
tration shall not extend the period of 
copyright in the deSign beyond that 
arising from the previous registration. 
32. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.-(I)The 
registrar shall grant a certificate of 
~C'gistrarion to the proprietor of the 
design when registered. 
(l) The registrar may, in case of loss 
of the original certificate or in any other 
case .... in wbich he deems it expedient. 
furnish one or more copies of the certifi­
cate. 
33. COPYRIGHT ON REGISTRATION.-
(1) When a design is registered. the regis­
tered proprietor of tht: design shall. 
subject to the provisions of this Ordi­
nance. have copyright in the design 
during five years from the date of regis­
tration. 
(2) If within the prescribed time before 
the expiration of the said five years 
.application for extension of the period of copyright is made to the registrar in 
the prescribed manner. the registrar 
shall, on payment of the prescribed fee. 
extend the period of copyright for a 
second ~riod of five years from the 
expiration of the original period of 
five years. 
(3) If within the prescribed time before 
the expiration of such second period of 
five years application for the extension 
of the period of copyright is made to the 
registrar in the prescribed manner, the 
registrar may. subject to any rules under 
this Oruinance and on payment of the 
prescribed fee. extend the period of 
copyright for a third period of five years 
from the ~xpiration of the second period 
of five years. 
34. [Repealed by rhe Patents and Designs 
Ordinance (Amendment) [,.1W, 5712-
195.2.J 
35. INSPECTION OF REGISTERED Dr.sIGNS.­
(I) During the existence ('If copyright 
in a design or such shorter period, not 
being less than two years from the regis­
tration of the design as may be prescribed. 
the design shall not be open to inspection 
except by the proprietor or a person 
authorised in writing by him or a person 
authorised by the registrar or by the­
court: 
Provided that. where registration of a 
design is refused on t he gro~nd of identity 
with a design already registered. the appli­
cant for registration shall be entitled to 
inspect t.he design so registered. 
(2) After the expiration of the copy­
right in a design or such shorter period 
as aforesaid. the design shall be open to 
inspection. and copies thereof may be 
taken by any person on payment of the 
prescribed fee. 
(3) ·Different periods may be prescribed 
under this section for different classes of 
goods. 
36. CA.NCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF 
DESIGN:-Any person interested may at 
any ti':lle apply to the registrar for can­
cellation of the registration of a design on 
the ground that such design has been published in Israel prior to the date of 
registration. 
37. PIRACY OF f"EGlSTERED DESIGN.-(I) 
During the existence of copyright in any 
design it shall not be lawful for any per­
son,-
(fl) fur the purposes tIC saIc, [0 apply 
to ;1I1Y article in any class of goods in 
which [he clt:sign is registered the design 
or any fraudulent or ohvi<.lUs imitation 
then-or. except with t he licence or written 
consent of the registered proprietor, or 
[0 Jo anything with a view to enable the 
design to be so applic;cJ: or 
(h) knowing [hat [he design or any 
fralldulent or ohvious imitation thereof 
ha~ l'een appliecJ to ~ny article without 
t he consent uf the registered pwprictor, 
to pllhlish or to expose for sale that 
article. 
(!) If any pe-rsOll acts in contravention 
of this sfccion, he is liable for every con­
travention to pay to the rt"gistcred pro­
prit:tor of the dtsign Cl. sum not exceeding 
fift), pOllnd~ as 1icltliciated damages or, if 
the proprietor elects to hring an action 
[tlr r he n:covery of damages for such 
contraventitm and [or an injunction 
agrtinst the repetitk,n thereof, he is 
liahle to pay sllch damages as may be 
awarded and to be restrained hy injunc­
ti.<)f1 acct,rtlingly: 
Pr(widccl that the total ~mm recoverahle 
as liquidated damages in respect of any 
one design shall not excc::ed one hundred 
poun"'ds. 
38. [Repe;ded by the P~ccms, Designs 
imd Trade A1;trks (AdaprClrion) Ordi­
nance, 5708-1948] 
PART JV 
GENERAL 
39. GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO USE PATENTS. 
-A P,U(:nt shall have the like effect 
<1gainst the Government of Israel as it 
has against any other person: 
Provicled2 that any government depart-IP /Nil fISRlDIl 
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ment may make use of any patent on 
such terms as may be agreed upon between 
the department and the patentee with 
the approval of the Iv1inister of Finance 
or, in default of agreement, as may be 
fixed by the President of the Supreme 
Court or a referee nominated by him. 
40. lNsrECTloN OF, AND EXTRACTS FROM 
REG1STERs.-Every register kept under this 
Ordinance shall at all convenient times 
be open to the inspection of the public, 
subje-ct to the provisions of this Ordi­
nance, and certified copies, sealed with 
the seal of the registry of patents, of any 
entry in any such register' shall be given 
to given to any person requiring them on 
payment of the prescribed fee. 
41. PROHIBITION OF rUBLICATIO~ OF SPE­
OFICATJON, DRAWINGS, rrc.-(t) Where a-n 
application [or a patem has beell ahan­
doned or became void, the specificat ions 
and the draWings, jf any, accompanying 
or left in connection with such applica­
tion shall not, save as otherwise expressly 
provided by this Ordinance, at any time 
be open to public inspection or b~ pub­
lished by the registrar. 
(2) Where an application for a design 
has been ahandoned or refused, the 
application and any drawings, photo­
graphs, tracings, representations or spe­
cimens left in connection with the applica­
tion shall not, at any time, be open to 
public inspection or be published by the 
registrar. 
42. POWER OF REGiSTRAR TO CORREcr 
CLERICAL ERRORS.- The registrar may, on 
request in writing accompanied by the 
prescribed fee, 
(a) correct any clerical error in, or in 
connection with, an application for a 
patent or in any patent or any specifica­
tion; 
(b) cancel [he registration of a design 
either wholly or in respect of any parti­
cular goods in connection with which 
the design js registered; 
(c) correct any clerical error in the 
::!.. The operation of this proviso is at present suspended-sce section 68, infra. IP INIlIISRlDIl 
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representation of a design or in the name 
or address of the proprietor (lf any patent 
or design. or in any other matter which 
is entered upon the register of patents or 
t he register of tlcsigns. 
43. ENTRY OF ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANS­
MISSION IN REGISTERS.-( I) Where a person 
becomes entitlc:c.l by assignmt:nt, trans­
mission, licence or ut her operation of 
law to a parent or the copyright in a 
registered design or to any interest 
therein, he shall make applicCltion to the 
registrar to register his title, and the 
registrar shall, on proof of title to his 
satisfaction, register him as the proprietor 
of such patent or design and shall cause 
an entry to be made on the register of 
the instrument afft'"cting the title or 
crtClting such interest. 
(2) The person registered as the pro­
prietor (If a patent or design shaH, subject 
to the provisi'-lns of this OnJinance and 
to any rights appearing on the register 
to be vested in any (lther person, have 
power absolutely to assign, grant licences 
as to, or otherwise deal with, the patent 
or design, and to give effectual receipts 
for any consideration for any such 
assignment, licence or dealing. 
(3) Except in applications made under 
section 44, a document or instrument in 
respect: of which no entry has been made 
in the register in accordance with the 
provisions of subsections (I) and (2.) shall 
m"t be admitted in evidence in any 
court in proof of the title to a patent or 
copyright in a design or to any interest 
therein, unless tbe court otherwise 
directs. 
44. REcrlF1CAT)O~ OF REGISTERS BY COURT. 
-(1) The district court may; on the 
~ppJication of any person aggrieved by 
the non-insertion in. or omission from, 
the n:gistt"r of patents or designs of 
any entry or by an}' entry made in either 
such regist:er without sufficient cause, 
or hy any entry ..... rongly remaining in 
either such register, or by an error or 
dtfect in an entry in either such register, 
make sllch order for making, expunging or varying such entry as ir: may think fit. 
(2) The court may. in any proceeding 
under this section, decide any question 
t hat it met y be necessary or expedient to 
decide in connection with the rectifica­
tion of a register. 
(3) The prescrioed notice of any appli­
cation under this section shall be given 
to the registrar who shall have the right 
to appear and be heard thereon and shall 
appear if so directed by the court. 
(-1) Any order of the court rectifying a 
register shall dirt"ct that notice of the 
rectification be served on the regiscrar 
in the prescribed manner who shall, 
upon the receipt of such notice, rectify 
the register accordingly. 
45. EXERCISE OF DISCRETIONARY POWER BY 
REGISTRAR.- Where any discrerionarypo­
wer is by or under this Ordinance given 
to the regisuar. he shall not exercise 
that J>Uwer adversely [0 the applicant for 
a patent ... or for registration of an 
Ottoman patent under section 54, or for 
amendment of a specification or for 
registration of a design, without giving 
the applicant an opportunity of being 
heard. 
46. COSTS.-The registrar shall, in any 
proceedings before him under this Ordi­
nance, have power by order to award to 
any party such costs as he may consider 
reasonable and to direct how and by 
what parties they are to be paid. 
47. E\'lDENCE BEFORE REGISTRAR.-(I) Sub­
ject to any rules under this Ordinance, 
in any proceeding under this Ordinance 
before the registrar, the evidence shall 
be given by a sworn declaration in ab­
sence of directions to che contrary but, 
in any case in which the registrar thinks 
it right so to do, he may take evidence 
viva V(ICe in lieu of, or in addition to, 
writtcn evidence or allow any deponent 
to be cross-examined on his declaration. 
(~) Where any part of the evidence is 
taken vi\'a voce, the registrar shall have 
all the powers of a magistrate in respect 
of compelling the attendance of witnesses 
and all kindred matters. 48. LERTlFlC:ATE OF REGISTRAR T() BE 
EVIDENcE.-A certificate purporting to 
ht un(h.~r the hand o[ the n.:gistrar as to 
any cmry. matter or thing which he is 
authorised by this Ordinance to make or 
do. shall. unless the contrary be proved. 
be evidence of the tntry ha \'ing heen made 
and of tht· contt'ntS thereof and of tht: 
mattl:r or thing having been done m 
h;ft undone. 
49. DecLARATI(lS lW MINOR. Ll'NATIC. 
ETc.-I[ any person is by rcas(.)I\ of his not 
yet having atta.ined his full age: or by 
reason or lunacy or other disability 
incapahk (If making any dt'c1aration or 
doing anything rccIlIin:d or permitted 
by or under this Ordinance. the guardian. 
curawr or other Ill'rson alltlwrisl·d by law 
on their behalf mav make slIch decbra­
tilln or a dC'c1aratil)~ as nearly correspond­
ing thc,:n.'tlI as circumstances pamit and 
do such thing in the: name of slIch person 
subjt:ct HI the disahility. 
50. ReGISreR (IF PATENT AGENTS.-( I) No 
person shall practise. descrihe himself 
or hold himself Ollt. as a patent agcnt 
unl<.:ss ht' is registered as a patent agc.:nt 
in the: rt'gistrar of patcnt agents. 
(~) Any person who contravenes the 
provisions of this section is guilty of an 
<.,ffenct" and is liable to a fine of twenty 
poun(ls.~ 
(3) Nllthing in this section shall he 
taken ro prt'vcnt persons liccnsl·d to 
practise as advocates in Israd from ~Iing 
any documents in the registry of patents' 
and dt'signs or from appearing on behalf 
of allY person in any proceeding or on 
any application. 
(~) The register of patent agents shall 
he kept by the registrar. and the registrar 
shall be eneitled to charge stlch fee as 
may he prescribed in respect of every 
registratiun. 
51. Af'P£!AL.c;.-( I) Actitms for infringLomcnt IP!N1l /ISRlDIl 
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of patents and of copyrights in designs 
shall be within the jurisdiction of the 
district court. 
(2) Appeal.; from decisions of the 
regisrrar as to any of the following 
marttrs shall be to the district court-
(a) refusal to accept a specification of 
a patent; 
(b) ." 
(c) refusal to register an Ottoman 
patent (section 5~): 
(d) decision with respect to all. opposi­
tion to the grant of a patent; 
(e) dismissal of an application for 
restoration of a patent: 
(0 orders as to amendment of specifica­
tion or patents; 
(g) refusal to register a dcsign~ 
(h) order upon application for cancel­
lation of a registration of a design. 
(3) Every sllch appeal shall be made by 
notice of appeal lodged at the office o[ 
the court within one month of the date 
of the decision of the registrar. 
52. ApPLICATIONS IN PURSUANCE OF INTER­
NATIONAL CONVENTION.-(I) In this sec­
tion. "the Convention" means the Inter­
national Convention for the Protection 
of Industrial Property of 1883. as amend­
ed in 19[ t. 1925 and 1934. 
(2) A person who. in any of the coun­
tries parties to the Convention. has 
applied for Cl. patent or for registration 
of a utility design or a design. and the 
successor of such person. may apply for 
a patent in respect of the same invention. 
or for registration of the same design. in 
Israel in accordance with the provisions 
of this section; and upon his doing so, 
his application sha.1l have priority over 
any other application subsequent to this 
application abroad as aforesaid. 
(3) An application under subsection 
(1) shall be made: 
.. ' 3. NlllC that by a law passl:d in September 1954 the courts have been empowered to impose fines 
fifteen tirm."S the amount fixed in provisions ancedating the estOlblishmenc of che State of Israel. 
subject to :l maximum of 5.000 pounds. or in the case: of offences committed by corporations. of 
10,000 pounds. (Communication of the Israeli Patent Office.) IP /N/lIISR/D1l 
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54. OITOM.".N PATENTs.-Notwithstand­
ing the provisions of this Ordinance. the 
proprietor of any Onoman patent 
gramecl unde::r the Ortoman Law of 
Patents bef{~re the Jst January. J918. 
mJ\'. within twelve months from the date or the' ((llllntt"nc<:tIlcnt (lr this Ordinance. 
rq.,:isct'f ~lIch P:l[{·nt at d,,' registry of 
pact'llts upon complying with the pro­
visions of Public Notice No. 13() of the 
30th Septemher. 1919. and any patent so 
r('"gistere.:d shall he deemed to have the 
same effc:-ct as t huugh it had bccn regis­
rcreJ 1Illcic:-r t be Public Norice before r he 
dare at which this Ordinance came into 
I'nrn.'. 
55. ()lTE:-..lCES.-( 1) \Vhot;vcr mak('s or 
caus('s HI lit' made.: a false t'mry ill any 
r{"gi~rt'r hpt undc.:r this Ord ina nee or a 
, ... ·riting faJsc:ly purporting HI be a copy 
of an t'nt ry in an)' such register, or pro­
duces in ('vic\cnct= any such writing. 
k n(lwillg elw cntry ur writing tu be false, 
is guilty of an ofrt'nce and is liable to im­
prisonment for {lne year or et fine of 
one hUI1<lred pounds.s 
(2) Whot'vt."r falsely represents that 
any an ic1e sold by him is a patented 
article, or falsely describes any design 
applie-d to .my article solJ by him as 
r{'gisren:d. is guilty of an offe.-llce and is 
liahle w ;} Jinl' of ten pounds,S 
.. (3) Whoever s(;'l1s an article having 
starnped engraved or impresst:d thereon 
or otherwise ilppJied thereto the word 
.. pat C"I1t" . "patC'nted". "registered" or any 
other word expressing or implying that 
t he article is patented or that the design 
;'lppJit"c1 thereto is registered, shall be 
deemed. fer the purposes of this section, 
to represent that the article is a patented 
article (lr that the design applied thereto 
is a regisrereJ design. 
("1) Whot-ver. after the copyright in Cl. 
d{"sign hJS expired. puts or causes to be 
pm on Jny article to which the design 
has 1>(.'('n JPpli(,"d the word "re.-gi!'tt'rt'd·· 
or Clny word or wtlrds implying that there 
is a subsisting copyright in the design, 
5. See nute to secrion 50(2), supra. is guilty of an offence and is liable to a 
fine of twenty five pounds,S 
(5) The proper court for the trial o[ 
any offence under this section shall be 
the district court either of the place where 
the offence or any act forming pare 
thereof was committed or where the 
~ccllst'd or ~ny of the accused resides or 
carries on business, 
(G) Nothing in this section shall pre­
vent any person aggrieved or injured by 
any act to which this section applies 
from taking proceedings for obtaining 
relief by \'v'ay of injuction and/or damages 
in respect of such injury, whether such 
person shall (lr shall not have given any 
information or taken any steps leading 
or imemltd to lead to the prosecution 
by way of any form of criminal process 
of any person who may be criminally 
pros(:'cut~·d under t his section in respect 
of the act for which such proceedings are 
taken. 
56. RULES.-( I) The registrar, with the 
sanction of the Minister of Justice, may 
make such general rules and do such 
things as he thinks expedient. suhject 
to the provisions of this Ordinance.-
(a) for regulating the practice of 
registration under this Ordinance; 
(b) for classifying goods for the pur­
poses of designs; 
(c) [or making or reguiring duplicc:ltes 
of specifications, drawings and other 
documents; 
(d) for securing and regulating the 
publishing and selling of copies at such 
prices and in sllch manner as he thinks 
fit, of specifications,' drawings and other 
,documents; 
(e) for se-curing and regulating the 
making. printing. publishing and selling 
of indices to. and abridgments of, speci­
fications and other documents in the 
registry of patents, and providing for the 
inspection of inuices and abridgments and 
Ot her docllments; 
(r) for regulating the keeping of the register of patent agents under this 
Ordinance; 
(g) prescribing the fees to be paid in 
respect of the gran.t of a patent and the 
registration of d('~igns and applications 
therefor and in respect of other matlers 
ill rdation tll patt:nts anu designs under 
this Ordinance. 
(2) Rules made: lIIlUer this section shall 
be published in Rcshumot. 
rART Y 
SPECIAL EMERGENCY 
PROVISIONS 
57. ArrLlCATloN OF rART v.-This part 
shall only apply -during Cl period in which 
a St41te of clllergt:ncy exists in the State 
hy virttlt:" of a lk·claration under section 
9(~1) of the Law of .Administration Ordi­
nance. 5708. J 948.6 
58. RESTRICTWNS (IN THE GRANT OF 
rATENTS ANDTHE ItEGlSTRATlON OF DESIGNS. 
-\Vherc an application for the grant of a 
pate m or the registrettinn of a design is 
sllhmitt<:d to the registrar. the Minister 
of Defence may. if he deem5 it necessary 
for the defence of the State. and after 
consultation with the l'vlinister ofJustice, 
direct the registr:tr to refrain from doing, 
or to postpone: tilt' cluing of. allY act in 
respect of t ht· etppiication, and be may 
etlso, after consultation as aforesaid. 
issue a direction prohihiting or restricting 
rhe publication ofinformettion concerning 
the ~lIbject matt{'r of the: application, or 
the tr~msmissi(ln of such information to 
spc:cific pt'rsons or a specific class of per­
sons. A copy of a direction issued under 
this section shall he deli .... ered to the 
applicant. 
59. ArpEAt.-(I) Where the Ivlillister of 
Defence isslIes a direction under section 
58, the applicant may appeal against it 
to an <t[11)(!aJ commirr<x' appointed under 
section 60. 
(2) The appeal shall be submitted 
through tht' registrar in three copies, IP/NIl/lSR/D1l 
Page 9 
one of which shall be forwarded by the 
registra.r to the l\1inister of Defence. 
(3) The submission of an appeal shall 
not stay the execution of the direction. 
('1) The appeal committee may con­
firm the direction. with or without modi­
fications. or cancel it. 
(5) An appeal may be submitted at 
any time. and further appeals may be 
submitted from time to time, even where 
a previous appeal has already been 
determined. but the committee may 
order the appellant to pay COSts where in 
its opinion the further appeal was unjus­
tified. 
60. ApPE.AL COMMITTEE.-( I) The l\·1il1ister 
of Justice shall appoint an Appeal C()m­
mittee for tbe purposes (If this part. 
(!) The Appeal Committet shall con­
sist l)f three persons. The chairmffi shall 
be a judge of the Supreme Court, and 
one of the members shall be appointed 
upon the recommendation of the Minis­
ter of Defence. 
-(3) Notice of the appointment of the 
Appeal Committee, and of its address, 
shall be published in Reshumot. 
61. RESTRICTIONS ON THE SUBMISSION OF 
ArrLICATIONS ABROAD.-No Israel national, 
and no other person owing allegiance 
to the Scare of Israel, shall apply in et 
foreign country [or the grant of a patent 
or the registration of a design in respect 
of arms or munitions or any invention 
of military value. unless-
(<I) he.hets previously obtained permis­
sion so to do from the Minister of De­
fence; or 
(b) he has applied in Israel for the 
grant of a patent or the registration of a 
design in respect of [he same. matter 
amI three-months have elapsed since the 
day of that application without the l\1.inis­
ter of Defence having issued a direction 
under section 58; or 
(c) he has applied in Israel for the 
grant of a patent or the registration of 
6. Such a declaration has bt:cn in effect since May 19th, 19~5. 