Lunar New Year 2023
The Year of the Water Rabbit was welcomed with a bang at Henry Goh on 31 January 2023 with the customary lion dance. Its performance is considered an auspicious event to grace the new lunar year and this was reflected…
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APAA 2022 Busan, South Korea
The 73rd Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) Council Meeting was held in Busan, South Korea from 14 to 18 October 2022 and was the first international conference in the IP industry in which members could safely attend in-person after the…
Henry Goh 45th Anniversary Celebration
The Firm celebrated its 45th anniversary with a grand dinner event in Kuala Lumpur for the people of Henry Goh and their families on Saturday 01 October 2022. The night’s program offered a healthy mix of entertainment, competitions, award presentations…
Continuing the Legacy of Excellence
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead It gives us great pleasure to share a list of recognitions recently accorded to…
Getting One’s Just Desserts
It may be an opportune time to revisit the saga between Tan Kim Hock Tong Seng Food Industry Sdn Bhd (‘TKHTS’) and Tan Kim Hock Product Centre (‘TKHPC’), first covered in our article A Sticky Situation The case which kicked things…
The Budapest Treaty in Malaysia and New Directives
On 31 March 2022, Malaysia deposited the instrument of ratification at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Headquarters in Geneva and officially acceded to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of…
ITEX ’22 – 33rd International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition Malaysia
Henry Goh was privileged to join this year’s Malam Budaya Cipta, a dinner celebration and awards ceremony in conjunction with ITEX ’22 – 33rd International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition Malaysia held at KL Convention Center on 27 May 2022.…
Malaysia’s Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 and Implementing Regulations
The long-awaited Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 together with the implementing Regulations has finally come into force on 18 March 2022. After more than a decade of intense discussions, proposals, and referendums, the amended Act was tabled, read and passed by…
HG Chinese Facebook Page
Social connections and genuine communication are integral parts of social media. Facebook continues to be the #1 platform used by many businesses, large and small around the world with over 2.01 billion active users each month. Our Corporate HG Page…
HG at INTA Virtual 2022 (30 April – 04 May 2022)
After two long years of missing out on the camaraderie of our global IP associates at INTA’s annual meeting, we are eager to finally be back albeit virtually. Our Trademark Manager, Lim Eng Leong will be representing our firm this…
HG Virtual Connect with East-Asian Clients (18 until 29 April 2022)
Even as Malaysia opens our international borders on 01 April 2022, we will continue to harness technology in connecting us to our clients and associates worldwide. Henry Goh will be holding a virtual connect with East-Asian clients in conjunction with…
IAM Global Leaders 2022
Dave A Wyatt, Executive Director in our Malaysia office, has been recognized in IAM Global Leaders 2022, a compilation of the world’s top private practice experts in the field of patents. This is the second year running that Dave has…
Excellence is our TrademarkTM
Three years after the enactment of the Malaysian Trademarks Act 2019, it is a real pleasure to announce that our Firm has found its firm footing in the latest trademark practices. With the aid of an efficiently organised system of…
Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 and Implementing Regulations
The Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 was read and passed by the Upper House (Dewan Negara) of Parliament on 22 December 2021. The Act received the Royal Assent on 04 March 2022 and came into force together with the implementing Regulations…
Legacy of Excellence Continues
It is with pride and jubilee that we announce our family of IP agents has expanded yet again; becoming the IP agency in Malaysia with the biggest roster of registered agents. We now welcome two more trademark agents to the…
Hybrid Working Arrangement Resumes
After nearly six months of lockdown and remote working, the teams at Henry Goh Malaysia started a phased return to the office in October 2021. With strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place for everyone’s safety and wellbeing, small groups…
CSR Project: Transport Incubator Donation to Selayang Hospital Paediatric Department
Henry Goh Malaysia has collaborated with Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia on donating medical equipment to Selayang Hospital. On 17 September 2021, Henry Goh and Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia delivered a transport incubator along with four syringe pumps to Selayang Hospital…
2021 Business Operations Updates
Like many businesses around the world our operations have been impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and government efforts to control the spread of infection. In response to the various restrictions and standard operating procedures that were imposed on Malaysian…
What’s in a Name?
What’s in a name? Everything it would seem. In today’s celebrity-filled landscape, it takes but a few moments for us to think of famous individuals and we each have our pick of musical artists, film/television stars, sports superstars and media…
Pursuing IP Protection in a Pandemic – Malaysian Utility Innovation Certificate
As the world continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, it is business as usual for innovators to develop new inventions, technologies and solutions since innovation does not stop. Intellectual Property continues to play an indispensable role in providing a…
CSR Project: Bridging the Digital Education Divide in Malaysia
Henry Goh Malaysia is pleased to support Connect.ED, a social enterprise that repairs and refurbishes secondhand laptops for students to access e-learning. The initiative is to bridge the digital education divide amongst Malaysian students by providing digital resources and upskilling…
The Tradition of Excellence Continues
As a testament and assurance that the quality of our IP services have not been compromised by the challenges of a global pandemic, Henry Goh has once again been conferred with a slew of IP awards. Such recognition is only…
CSR Project: Vaccination Centre at Sungai Buloh Hospital
The start of Phase Two of Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was brought forward to 17 April 2021. This phase covers high-risk groups, including senior citizens over 60. The Sungai Buloh Hospital PPE Support Group was tasked to prepare a…
Exceptions to the First Ownership Rule
It is a commonly accepted principle that copyright ownership lies with the author of a work. In Malaysia, it is codified in Section 26 (1) of the Copyright Act 1987 (CA) which provides that copyright shall vest initially in the…
The Malaysian IP Office and the New Normal
The Covid-19 pandemic which wreaked havoc across the globe in the early months of 2020 has since brought rapid changes to the way business is conducted all over. One obvious effect in Malaysia particularly, is the forced rapid digitalisation of…