David Gilat

David Gilat is an Attorney at Law and a Patent Attorney, and a partner in Gilat, Bareket, & Co., Reinhold Cohn Group’s legal arm. David has extensive experience in the various fields of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, plant breeders’ rights, distribution agreements and competition law. His expertise spans litigation, transactions and general consulting on intellectual property matters.

David’s main fields of expertise include technology (particularly chemistry, pharmaceutics, physics and high technology) and branding. David has vast experience in patent and trademark litigation, having been involved in land mark cases.

Additionally, David teaches patent law at the Tel Aviv University Law Faculty as well as the Reichman University, and lectures at international conferences, Israeli academic institutions and other professional forums.

David is a co-author of the book “IP Law in Israel” derived from the chapter on IP law in Israel in the Encyclopedia of Laws. He authored “Experimental Use and Patents” in IIC Studies (Vol. 16, 1995) and served as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Laws, (1992-1993).

He has contributed the chapters on Israel to numerous prestigious publications, including:

• the “Brown Book”

• Trademark Cancellation International Practice and Procedures Guide (International Trademark Association, 2019).

• “Antibody Patenting: A Practitioner’s Guide to Drafting, Prosecution and Enforcement” (Wolters Kluwer, 2019).

• “Designs: A global guide” (WTR, 2019).

• “Privilege and Professional Confidences” (Bloomberg, 2020).

• “The Patent Litigation Global Guide” (Thomson Reuters, 2020).

• “Inside the Minds: IP Client Strategies in the Middle East and Africa” (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

• Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation (2023-2025)(Chambers)

• Trade Secrets Guide 2023 (Lexology )

• Enforcement Proceedings for Trade Secrets 2022 (Lexology )