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.

We are pleased to share that Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co. (Herzog Patents) has been shortlisted for Israel Firm of the Year at the Women in Business Law EMEA Awards 2026. We are especially proud that our partner, Svetlana Stadler, has been shortlisted in the Patent category as the only nominee from Israel and one of only 10 nominees across the EMEA region.

We are proud to share that Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co. (Herzog Patents) has been ranked in the Top Tier - Dun’stars category in the Dun’s 100 ranking of 2026 for Intellectual Property Patent Prosecution in Israel.

Each year, World Intellectual Property Day offers an opportunity to look at innovation from a different angle. This year, as the focus turns to sports, it is worth looking beyond the athletes, teams, scores, and unforgettable moments and into the systems that make modern sport possible.

In its official March 2026 notice, “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Interfaces and Icons,” the USPTO introduced greater flexibility in the examination of design patent applications relating to icons and digital interfaces.