Intellectual property law rewards depth: the ability to understand not just how patents, trademarks, and designs are drafted and prosecuted, but how they function across borders, industries, and legal systems. Jeremy Ben David, listed as a Gold member expert for Israel on the Global Law Experts directory, has built a career around exactly that kind of depth. As the founder and managing partner of JMB Davis Ben-David, an Israeli intellectual property firm operating since 1995, he has spent close to four decades working at the intersection of engineering and law — a combination that shapes how he approaches patent strategy for clients around the world.

Jeremy Ben David: A Foundation in Engineering, Not Just Law

What distinguishes Ben David from many IP practitioners is his starting point. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic of the South Bank in London, and that technical grounding has stayed central to his legal work ever since. Rather than approaching patents purely as legal instruments, he reads them first as engineering documents — a perspective that matters enormously in patent prosecution, where the precision of technical claims often determines whether an invention is adequately protected.

He relocated to Israel in 1984 and has been a licensed Israel Patent and Trademark Attorney since 1987, giving him nearly forty years of standing in one of the world’s most active innovation economies. Over that time, Israel’s technology sector has grown from a regional player into a global hub for medical devices, cybersecurity, water technology, and advanced electronics — and Ben David’s practice has grown alongside it.

Range Across Technical Domains

Patent law is rarely a generalist’s field, and Ben David’s practice reflects that. His work spans the drafting and prosecution of patents in medical devices, computer hardware and software, water technologies, aircraft and military-related systems, and alternative energy. He also handles design registration work covering food and beverage products, diamonds, consumer goods, and telecommunications equipment.

This breadth is significant because each of these sectors carries its own technical vocabulary, regulatory backdrop, and examination practice. A patent application for a medical device, for instance, must satisfy different substantive and procedural expectations than one for a software innovation or a renewable energy system. Practicing credibly across all of them requires both the engineering literacy to understand the underlying technology and the legal precision to translate it into enforceable claims — the combination Ben David has built his reputation on.

A Global Practice Built on Local Expertise

Intellectual property is inherently international: an invention protected only in its country of origin is, in commercial terms, only partially protected. Ben David has built his practice with that reality in mind. He maintains a network of professional associates across more than 80 countries, allowing JMB Davis Ben-David to coordinate filings and enforcement strategies well beyond Israel’s borders.

He has also been an active participant in international IP organizations, including INTA (the International Trademark Association) and AIPPI (the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), and has presented on IP topics in major U.S. cities, Japan, and India. Notably, he was an early adopter of opportunities in the Chinese IP market, maintaining a regular presence in Chinese industrial cities and developing working knowledge of the Chinese intellectual property system well before it became a standard part of Western IP practice. That combination of early market entry and sustained engagement has given him insight into a jurisdiction that continues to be central to global patent strategy.

Leadership at JMB Davis Ben-David

As founder and managing partner of JMB Davis Ben-David, Ben David also leads the firm’s Israel Practice Group and manages its Israel Prosecution and Registered Design Groups. The firm, which has advised clients since 1995, is built around three core service areas — patents, trademarks, and designs — supported by technical specialists in fields such as biotechnology, computer science, electrical engineering, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and software. Alongside Ben David, the firm’s senior partners include Dr. Michael (Mike) D. Hammer and Avraham Hermon, and the practice is known for extending its capabilities into U.S. and international IP matters through its partner network.

Why This Kind of Expertise Matters

For inventors, startups, and established companies alike, choosing intellectual property counsel is rarely just about legal credentials. It’s about finding someone who understands the technology being protected as well as the law protecting it, and who can navigate the practical realities of filing and enforcing rights across multiple jurisdictions. Jeremy Ben David’s profile reflects that dual competence: an engineering degree that informs how he reads an invention, decades of hands-on patent prosecution across a wide range of technical fields, and an international network built well before globalized IP practice became the norm.

His recognition as a Gold member expert on Global Law Experts is, in that sense, a reflection of a career built the long way — through sustained technical engagement, cross-border relationship building, and a consistent focus on getting the underlying invention right before the legal claims are drafted around it.

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