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Henry Goh – A Recommended Firm

Since 2012, Henry Goh has on an annual basis been the sole IP agency to be awarded the “Gold Band status” and “Recommended Firm” in Malaysia in the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 guide to the world’s leading trademark professionals. Our Senior Legal Counsel, Azlina Aisyah Khalid has been listed annually in this guide as one of Malaysia’s Recommended Individuals.

“I am truly honoured by this recognition from the global trade mark community. It would have not been possible without the great teamwork within my department”, said Azlina.

WTR 1000 is a comprehensive guide to the trade mark legal services market. The leading firms are identified based on depth of expertise, market presence and the level of work on which they are typically instructed. All of the individuals identified in this publication are recommended because they received substantial positive feedback during WTR’s qualification research process.

We would like to record our sincere appreciation to all our IP peers, associates and clients for their belief and trust in us; without which none of these achievements would be possible. We commit to maintaining these high standards in the execution of our professional services.

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.