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Zohar Efroni

Zohar Efroni

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Founder of Berlin-based eLaw legal consulting and associate at CBM International LLP, specializing in intellectual property, Internet and media law, published extensively on the interaction between law and technology, especially in the context of property rights in intangible assets. Zohar focuses also on matters of information policy, privacy and IP management. He has been a resident scholar and a scholarship holder at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich, Germany. Zohar holds law degrees from Israel (LL.B.) and New York (LL.M. IP), as well as a legal Ph.D. (summa cum laude) with honors from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He is admitted to practice law in Israel, New York and Germany. Field: IP, law and technology SSRN author's page: http://ssrn.com/author=441748

Recent articles

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Israel’s Fair Use

Some time ago I did a post on the new copyright legislation in Israel. There are many interesting things about this law, and now, at the curtsey of Prof. Niva E…

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CC and GFDL interoperability

Something significant has happened in the world of free licensing, Lessig has the details and a video. Apparently, an important step has been made towards inter…

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Sarkozy’s digital agenda

Zdnet reports on a new initiative in France to tighten copyright protection over the Internet and prevent illegal downloading. The French president himself gave…

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New Copyright Statute for Israel

Some time ago I posted an update about the planned copyright reform in Israel. The Israeli copyright law now passed legislation and the text of the new statute…

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German Copyright Law Amended

Today was the official publication of a new amendment to the German Copyright Act. The amendment will enter into force in January 1st,  2008.  After four long y…