The 67th Council Meeting of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) was held in the bustling city centre of Auckland, New Zealand. If you venture beyond the urban parts of Auckland, you will find magical, picture-perfect landscapes and coastlines. The…
It was a night of grandeur. It was a night of splendor. The People of Henry Goh and their loved ones came together at The Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 19 August 2017 to celebrate the Firm’s Ruby Anniversary,…
In the case of Ceramiche Caesar Spa v Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd [2017] SGCA 30, the Singapore Court of Appeal had to consider, inter alia, whether Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd.’s (“Caesarstone”) trademark “CAESARSTONE” in Class 19 was similar to Ceramiche Caesar SpA’s…
One of the requirements for a trademark to be registered in Malaysia is that the mark or device has to be used in the course of trade. This raises the issue as to what would constitute ‘in the course of…
While the courts of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur remain the centre of gravity for IP disputes, it is encouraging to note growth in the number and scope of cases being decided in other states across the country. A recently…
Henry Goh is proud to announce that our Executive Director and Head of Patents, Mr Dave Wyatt together with our Senior In House Legal Counsel, Ms Azlina Aisyah Khalid were recently listed as Malaysia’s Market Leading Lawyers in the 2017…
Effective 01 July 2017, the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have commenced a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program. The program will initially run for a trial period of three years until 30…
After bidding farewell to our decade old office located in Jalan Imbi and having moved to new premises at Sunway Velocity for the past 82 days, Henry Goh & Co had its official launch celebration on 22 July 2017. Guests…
INTA made a return to the European continent for its Annual General Meeting almost 10 years after it was last held in Berlin, Germany in 2008. This year, sunny Barcelona, Spain played host to more than 10,600 registered attendees for…
Henry Goh was privileged to participate in Pit Stop Community Cafe’s Ramadan sponsorships. The Pit Stop Community Cafe in Kuala Lumpur is a cafe with a mission: to reach out to the city’s underprivileged and marginalised, through food. The People…
Copyright law in Malaysia is governed by the Copyright Act 1987. Under the Act and pursuant to the Berne Convention, copyright exists automatically upon the creation of a work without the need for any formal registration. In the absence of…
PATENTThe option to request supplementary examination as an alternative to substantive examination was introduced into Singapore patents prosecution system on 14 January 2014. It is a cost effective way to obtain grant of a patent application by relying on the…
The Federal Court’s decision in SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd v Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor (“SKB Shutters”) has been widely reported and commented on. Briefly, the Federal Court decided that if an independent claim of a patent was…
New Year, New Premise, Same Staff, Same Enthusiasm!Henry Goh is moving to Sunway Velocity Kuala Lumpur end April 2017. You are most welcome to drop by at our new office to say hello, have a cup of coffee or two…
With effect from 04 January 2017, the Brunei IP Office (BruIPO) has instituted new operating hours. Under this new arrangement, BruIPO is closed every Friday and Sunday, which have been declared as non-working days. Any deadlines falling on those days…
Henry Goh has always been renowned for its quality, diligence and excellence in services on the international platform. Once again, the firm has now been ranked in Tier 1 for both patent and trade mark prosecution work in Malaysia by…
The Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) has announced that from 26 January 2017 onwards, some major changes to the Act and Rules will take effect. This is, of course, in addition to the most substantive change i.e. the country’s…
Mr Dave A Wyatt, our Head of Patents was invited by WIPO to be a speaker and facilitator at the National Patent Drafting Course organized jointly by WIPO, MyIPO and JPO. The week-long course was held at MyIPO’s IP Academy…
The Government of Brunei Darussalam made an official notification to WIPO that, effective 19 March 2017, all international trade mark applications or subsequent designations of Brunei Darussalam must include a Declaration of Intention to Use the Mark. Applicants (or their…
The Furama Hotel in Kuala Lumpur was perhaps the perfect location for Henry Goh’s Annual Dinner this year. Overlooking the infamous Pudu Jail that once housed the nation’s most notorious criminals, the people of Henry Goh gathered there on 26…
Henry Goh was chosen as the elected firm for the Malaysian segment of JIPA’s F7 ASEAN training course for 2016. JIPA is a non-profit, non-governmental association, which has grown to become the largest IP rights users’ organization in Japan since…
Most trade mark law regimes in the world prohibit the registration of a mark that comprise of word(s) that generally describe the goods and services. These types of marks are better known as generic terms and the general rule is…
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 –…
On 06 October 2016, Brunei Darussalam deposited with the Director General of WIPO its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks. The Madrid Protocol will thus enter into force with respect to Brunei on…
The firm’s Executive Director and Head of Patents, Mr Dave A Wyatt together with Ms Azlina Aisyah Khalid, Senior Legal Counsel were recently in Osaka from 29 September 2016 until 01 October 2016. Invited by the Japan Intellectual Property Association…