66th APAA Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia
66th APAA Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia
66th APAA Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia
66th APAA Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia

66th APAA Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia

This year’s 66th APAA council meeting was held in tropical Bali, an island just off the coast of Java in Indonesia from 08 to 11 October 2016. Henry Goh was represented by three of our young and dynamic executives – Eng Leong, our In-House Legal Counsel and Business Development Strategist as well as Andrew and Qi-Guang, our Patent Agents. Bali is an island rich in culture and tradition. With the council meeting being held in the Nusa Dua area, traditional sculptures and art pieces adorned every corner. It truly was a sight to behold. Our team has had a very fruitful trip, reconnecting with longtime associates and meeting new ones. There was particular interest from our Japanese associates concerning Modified Substantive Examination during patent prosecution as well as the MyIPO-JPO Patent Prosecution Highway program that began over a year ago. We look forward to attending the 67th council meeting next year which will be held in Auckland, New Zealand.

Malaysia joins the Madrid Protocol

 

The wait is finally over! On 27 September 2019, Malaysia deposited with WIPO its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol, becoming the 106th member of the Madrid System.

The Protocol will take effect for the country on 27 December 2019. From that date, local brand owners in Malaysia can begin making use of the international registration system to protect their trademarks in over 120 territories of the System’s other 105 (currently) members by filing a single international application and paying a single set of fees.

Likewise, foreign trademark owners can take advantage of the System’s simple designation process to seek protection here.

Malaysia has made declarations to extend the refusal period to 18 months, to receive individual fees, to require a declaration of intention to use the mark and to mandate that the recording of licenses in the International Register shall have no effect in Malaysia unless recorded here.

Stay tuned for more updates from us as we close the year 2019.