Karen Elburg
Partner
Karen Elburgs heads the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. Karen has extensive experience in the contentious and non-contentious aspects of intellectual property, including advising on strategic and day-to-day aspects of trademark portfolios and the trademark/domain-name interface, and managing world-wide trademark portfolios for her clients.
Karen advises on the acquisition, disposal, protection and exploitation of IP rights, as well as trade mark clearance, all aspects of brand protection and trade mark & domain-name disputes, with a unique specialty in IP issues in the online gaming industry. Karen specialises in negotiating and drafting all types of IP transactions (including patent licensing), with extensive experience in the IP aspects of corporate and commercial transactions. Her work focuses on transactional IP and on licensing, development, technology transfer and other commercial agreements for clients ranging from start-ups to multi-national corporations, in a broad range of industries and fields.
Consistently recognised for her excellence as an IP practitioner, these are Karen’s latest rankings: • Client Choice Awards 2019 | Intellectual Property: Trademarks (Israel) • WTR 1000 2019 | Prosecution and Strategy (Israel) • WIPR Leader 2019 | World IP Leader (Israel) • IAM Patent 1000 2018 | Highly Recommended – IP Transactions (Israel) • Chambers & Partners 2018 | Intellectual Property (Israel)
- Israel Bar Association, 1991
- Bar-Ilan University, LLB
- Recent Developments in IP Case Law on Generative AI (2nd Update)
- Recent Developments in IP Case Law on Generative AI
- Parallel import and the Schweppes precedent – is it sparkling or sizzling?
- AMI Opportunities Fund sells Go Global Travel to Yanolja
- Ministry of Justice Opinion on the Use of Copyrighted Works for Machine Learning Purposes
- Keren Elburg continues for another term on the Board of Trustees of the Israel Internet Association
- Leonardo DRS, Inc. signed an agreement to acquire RADA Electronic Industries
- The transaction was led by Herzog, GE Healthcare will invest in Pulsenmore up to USD 50 million
- Our client 888holdings has completed a deal to launch the 888 brand in Africa
- General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity investor, has become a significant investor in Chess.com
- Congratulations to our client, VINFAST LLC for leading an investment round of up to $80 Million in StoreDot Ltd.
- Congratulations to Ariston Group and Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim on the recent completion of Ariston Holding’s acquisition of Chromagen
- Congratulations to our client Celsius on its acquisition of the Israeli startup GK8
- Congratulations to our client, EJF Acquisition Corp., on the largest Israeli SPAC transaction to date!
- Client Update – Intellectual Property
- Jaffa Oranges from Siberia…?
- Our client 888 has entered into a license agreement to use the Sports Illustrated brand
- Important Client Update –Royalty Payments for Patents after their Term has Expired
- Client Update | WIPO PROOF
- IAM Recognize Partner Karen Elburg As One of Israel’s Globel Leaders
- Herzog Fox & Neeman Represented SBTech, Provider of Online Sports Betting and Gaming Platforms, in a 3-way Business Combination Transaction
- Partner Karen Elburg Has Been Elected To The Board of The Israel Internet Association
- Client Update | Eligibility for .EU Domain Names Following Brexit
- Client Update | Intellectual Property | Trademarks and Patents: Amendments to Registering Licenses and Charges
- Client Update | Intellectual Property Copyright Law (Amendment No. 5), 2019
- Karen Elburg Discusses Trade Secrets at the 2018 AIPPI-Israel Conference
- Globalising Your Branding Strategy | Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Intellectual Property Event | 12.3.18
- Herzog Won IP Transactions & Advisory Firm of the Year 2023
- Herzog is ranked as ‘Highly Recommended’ by IAM Patent 1000 2023
- Herzog is ranked Tier 1 in 15 practice areas by The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
- World Trademark Review (WTR) 2023 Ranking
- Herzog is ranked as ‘Highly Recommended’ by IAM Patent 1000 2022
- Herzog Fox Neeman is ranked in all 24 practice areas by The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
- Herzog is ranked Silver by WTR 1000 (World Trademark Review) for 2022
- Herzog Fox Neeman is Ranked by The Legal 500 for 2021
- Herzog Won Israeli IP Transactions Firm of the Year 2021 by LMG
- Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked in All Three Categories by WTR 1000 in 2021
- IAM Patent 2020 Rankings
- Karen Elburg is Recognised as a Global Leader by IAM for 2020
- Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked in All Three Categories by WTR 1000 in 2020
- Herzog Fox Neeman is Ranked by The Legal 500 for 2020
- IAM Patent 2019 Rankings
- Herzog Fox Neeman is Ranked by The Legal 500 for 2019
- Four of Our Partners Won Client Choice Awards 2019 by Lexology
- World Trademark Review (WTR) 2019 Ranking
- World Trademark Review (WTR) 2018 Ranking
- IAM Patent 1000 2018
- Herzog Fox & Neeman Ranked in IP Stars for 2018
- Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2018
- Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2017
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2024)
- Ranked Gold in Prosecution and Strategy and Highly Recommended in Transactions (WTR1000 2024)
- Ranked in Intellectual Property: Prosecution (Chambers Global 2024)
- WIPR 2023 Leader in Patents and Trademarks (The World Intellectual Property Review)
- Global Leader (IAM Global Leaders Guide 2023)
- Highly Recommended - Transactions (IAM 1000 2023)
- Israel Practitioner of the Year (Managing IP Awards 2023)
- Trade mark star, Transactions star and Top 250 Women in IP (IP Stars 2023)
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2023)
- Ranked Gold in Prosecution and Strategy and Recommended in Transactions (WTR1000 2023)
- Recommended in Data 2023 - Information Technology and Data Privacy & Protection (Who's Who Legal)
- Trade mark star, Transactions star and Top 250 Women in IP (IP Stars 2022)
- WIPR 2022 Leader in Patents and Trademarks (The World Intellectual Property Review)
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2022)
- Ranked Gold in Prosecution and Strategy and Recommended in Transactions (WTR1000 2022)
- Recommended in Data - Information Technology 2022 (Who's Who Legal)
- Global Leader (IAM Global Leaders Guide 2022)
- Winner of Client Choice Awards 2021 (Lexology)
- Highly recommended (IAM Global Leaders Guide 2021)
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2021)
- Tier 1 in Prosecution and Strategy & Transactions (WTR1000 2021)
- Recommended in Data - Information Technology 2021 (Who's Who Legal)
- Global Leader (IAM Global Leaders Guide 2021)
- Winner of Client Choice Awards 2020 (Lexology)
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2020)
- Trade mark star, Transactions star and Top 250 Women in IP (IP Stars 2020)
- Recommended in Data - Information Technology 2020 (Who's Who Legal)
- Global Leader (IAM Global Leaders Guide 2020)
- Tier 2 in Intellectual Property: Filing/Prosecution (The Legal 500 2019)
- Trade mark star, Copyright star and Top 250 Women in IP (IP Stars 2019)
- Winner of Client Choice Awards 2019 (Lexology)
- WIPR 2019 Leader (The World Intellectual Property Review)
- Client Choice (Intellectual Property: Trademarks 2018)