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`Certification of Translation
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`1, Leah Newstead hereby declare that
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`I am proficient
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`in the Hebrew and English
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`languages, and the attached translation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true
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`and accurate translation from Hebrew to English of a decision dated February 2, 2003 by
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`the Supreme Court in Right to a Civil Appeal 9785/02 Uriel Yarkoni V. Boston Scientific
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`Corporation. I declare under penalty of perjury that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true, and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be
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`true.
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`Leah Newstead
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`Microsoft V. Bradium, IPR2016-01897
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`Free Translation from Hebrew
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`Uriel Yarkoni vs. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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`Civil Appeal 9785/02
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`SUPREME COURT in Jerusalem
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`Right to a Civil Appeal 9785/02
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`Before:
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`The Honorable Justice E. Rivlin
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`The Applicant:
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`Uriel Yarkoni
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`Against
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`The Respondents: 1. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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`2. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
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`3. MEDINOL LTD
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`4. The Minister of Justice -
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`the competent
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`authority for receiving legal assistance from
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`another country.
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`Request for permission to appeal the decisions of the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District Court in Civil Case
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`17492/02 in Civil Appeal 2759/02 of 23.10.2002 and 13.11.2002, which was given by the Honorable
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`Vice-President Justice Y. Gross
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`On behalf of the Applicant:
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`Adv. Haim Zadok & Co.
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`On behalf of the Respondents 1-2:
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`Adv. Fischer, Behar Chen & Co.,
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`On behalf of the Respondent No. 3: Adv. Leshem Brandwein
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`Decision
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`1.
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`The Respondents 1-2 on the one side and the Respondent 3 on the other side, are parties to
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`reciprocal claims concerning civil—commercial disputes, pending in the Federal Court of the
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`Southern District of New York (hereinafter:
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`the New York Court). As part of the claims,
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`Respondent I filed a motion to the New York Court, to conduct a judicial inquiry process of the
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`Applicant and another witness (hereinafter: the Witnesses), as those who were employed by the
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`Respondents during the relevant period of the claims and who have important
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`information
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`relevant to the issues in dispute between the Respondents.
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`The New York Court granted the request and applied to the Minister of Justice, as the
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`"Competent Authority" under the Legal Assistance Between States Law, 5758-1998 (hereinafter:
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`the Legal Aid Law), to take the said evidence.
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`The Minister of Justice exercised his authority and ordered that the Magistrate's Court would hear
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`the witnesses, but they objected to their obligation to testify as aforesaid. The main argument of
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`the Applicant - who is a relevant person to our case - was that the process before the Court is not
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`a process of collecting evidence, but rather a process known as Deposition. This procedure,
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`which is accepted in US Courts, is a preliminary procedure for gathering evidence and enquiring
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`what is the position of potential witnesses by their interrogation. The Applicant argued that since
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`this procedure does not exist in the Israeli legal system, the Court does not have the authority to
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`order a judicial inquiry as requested.
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`The Tel AviV-Jaffa Magistrates Court discussed the objections to the request and decided to
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`reject them. In a detailed decision, the Court ruled that the proceeding in question meets the
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`requirements of the Hague Convention and the Legal Aid Law, and therefore the New York
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`Court should be granted the legal assistance requested by it. It was decided that the need to find
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`the truth and to perform a fair trial in the proceeding held in the New York Court, overrides the
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`right of the individual not to be harassed. In View of the above, the Court ordered that the
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`witnesses must appear in front of the Respondents counsel in Israel, for the judicial inquiry.
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`The Applicant filed an appeal to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court against the decision of the
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`Magistrate's Court. For the sake of caution, an application for leave to appeal was also filed. At
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`the same time, the Applicant requested that the execution of the decision be stayed.
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`The District Court rejected the request for a stay of execution. In its decision of October 23,
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`2002, the Court noted that there is prima facie merit to the Applicant's contention that if his
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`application will be rejected, such rejection will determine the fate of his appeal. However, after
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`considering the balance of convenience and the chances of appeal,
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`the Court reached the
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`conclusion that delaying execution of the judgment might cause substantial damage to the
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`Respondents, while the execution of the judgment will not actually cause damage to the
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`Respondent [sic]. In a decision dated November 13, 2002, the Court also rejected the Applicant's
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`request to cancel its first decision.
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`The Applicant complains against these decisions. He argues that the appeal, in which the delay of
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`execution was requested, raises the unprecedented question of whether the Legal Aid Law
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`obligates a person to appear for judicial inquiry by Deposition, which is a process that is not
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`recognized (and, according to him, is not even allowed) under Israeli law. The Applicant claims
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`that executing the judicial inquiry before resolving the appeal, will make the appeal redundant
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`and purely academic, and therefore the execution should be delayed as requested. The Applicant
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`further argues that the Court erred when it decided to reject his application for a stay in execution
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`before he submitted his reply to the Respondents' response, as required, in his opinion, according
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`to Regulation 241 (c1) of the Civil Procedure Regulations, 5744-1984 (hereinafter: the Civil
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`Procedure Regulations).
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`Respondents 1 and 2 object to the application and rely on the decisions of the lower Courts. They
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`argue again that the requested judicial inquiry is an essential preliminary procedure for them,
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`since the Applicant's position is necessary both in order to formulate their claims in the trial and
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`in order to submit various applications before the evidentiary stage begin. They believe that the
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`Applicants’ chances of winning the appeal are not good, as the requested procedure actually falls
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`within the scope of the "Legal Aid" which the State is obligated to render under the Hague
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`Convention and the Legal Aid Law. The Respondents also contend that the District Court did not
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`have to wait for the Applicant's response prior to its decision, and in any case they claim that the
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`second decision of the Court, dated 13 November 2002, was made after the Applicant's response
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`had been filed.
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`Respondents 3 and 4 did not take a stand on the request and left the decision to the discretion of
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`this Court.
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`After examining the arguments of the parties, I reached the conclusion that the application should
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`be rejected.
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`Indeed, in the present case, there is no doubt that if the decision of the Magistrate's Court is not
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`stayed and the appeal will be approved,
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`it will be impossible to restore the situation to its
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`previous state. However, under the circumstances of the case, when the New York Court's
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`request for assistance is pending, considering that the Magistrate's Court gave its opinion, in a
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`detailed decision, regarding the Applicant's reservations; and taking into account that the
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`District Court considered the request to stay the execution twice but did not find it appropriate
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`to grant such stay — it would not be right to intervene in this discretion. I also believe that the
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`balance of damages in this case tends to be to the detriment of the Applicant and that the
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`damage which will be caused to him, as a result of affecting his right nor to be compelled and
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`his right to exhaust his arguments within the scope of the appeal, is lower than the damage to
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`the Respondents in case they will not execute the judicial inquiry.
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`I also considered the Applicant's additional contention, according to which his right to respond
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`to the Respondents' response to his request was denied, but I did not find any real grounds to it.
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`The request for a stay of execution is an interim request in the appeal and as such is subject to
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`Regulation 465 of the Civil Procedure Regulations, which allows the court to reject the
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`application, even without hearing the reply of the Applicant to the Respondent's response to the
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`application. As such, we are not required at this time to decide on the relationship between
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`Regulation 241 (CI) and Regulation 241 (d) of the Civil Procedure Regulations.
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`Therefore, the application is rejected. The Applicant shall bear the costs of Respondents 1 and 2
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`in the amount ofNIS 7,500.
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`Rendered today, February 2, 2003.
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`Judge
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