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גם מאחורי מוצר שנראה לנו כמעט מובן מאליו -כדור כדורגל – מסתתר עולם שלם של חדשנות, פיתוח טכנולוגי וקניין רוחני. לאורך השנים, כדורי המונדיאל עברו אבולוציה משמעותית: מחומרים בסיסיים ועיצוב מסורתי, לכדורים מתקדמים שבהם המבנה, מספר הפאנלים, שיטת החיבור, האווירודינמיקה והעיצוב הם כולם חלק ממערך רחב של פטנטים, עיצובים רשומים…

The Trionda® 2026 World Cup match ball from Adidas (Figure 1) is a triumph of technology, and a tribute to intellectual property (IP) protection.  The IP protection ranges from trademarks, to designs, protecting ornamental features, to utility patents, protecting functional features.  Its four identical panels are the fewest to date.  The panels fit together based on each panel having arced lobes of gentle and even curvature.

We are very pleased to have been recognized as a Gold Ranked Firm for Prosecution in the IAM Patent 1000 - 2026.

During Pride Month, conversations around identity are often framed through culture, visibility, and social change. But sometimes, they also reach the world of intellectual property.

Anyone who knows me knows that bicycles are one of my great passions. One that grows even stronger when it connects with my other passions: physical activity, the outdoors, mechanics, technology, and patents. This year, it also connects to the memory of one very special person, to whom I dedicate these words. A friend, a fellow cycling enthusiast, and a visionary: the late Raz Malchi.

Every year on May 31, the world marks World No Tobacco Day, a reminder of one of the most persistent public health challenges of our time. According to the World Health Organization (June 25), tobacco smoking is associated with more than 7 million deaths each year worldwide, including an estimated 1.6 million linked to secondhand smoke. Read about an alternative approach that aims to directly modulate addiction-related brain circuits.

Every football match centers on one object: The ball. However, for the World Cup, the highest level of the game, the match ball is anything but simple. It is the result of decades of panel design changes, material innovation, and aerodynamic testing, resulting in ever-increasing intellectual property (IP) protection. As the world marks World Football Day on May 25, and just weeks before the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off across the United States, Canada and Mexico, it is worth looking at one of the most familiar - and most technically sophisticated - objects on the pitch: the official World Cup match football.

Dr. Ilan Cohn, Svetlana Stadler, and David de Vries, among Israel’s leading patent attorneys and partners at the patent attorney firm CDS, discuss their collaboration with Luthi & Co. and Herzog in a model that offers the creation, protection, and realization of intellectual property assets. In a special interview, they explain how an invention can be transformed into commercial success and a growth engine - from protecting development to business leverage.