HG Battleground 2015
HG Battleground 2015
HG Battleground 2015
HG Battleground 2015
HG Battleground 2015

HG Battleground 2015

It was an epic night for the people of Henry Goh when the company’s annual dinner kicked off on 29 October 2015. The theme, which was BATTLEGROUND brought out some of the most ferocious and synchronized dancers amongst them. Each department unleashed their best performers that night, to fight for the best dance group title. To add further excitement to the evening, the organizing committee also invited fans of the Jimmy Fallon show to compete against one another in a lip sync battle. While the songs chosen for the dance off were mostly in the Hip-Hop and Dance genre, the lip sync songs were far more eclectic, ranging from Malaysian Traditional to 50’s Rock-&-Roll to Grunge Rock all the way to Bubble Gum Pop. The Patent Department took the best dance group title with a mash-up track by rap artist Caleb Mak, while the best lip sync performer of the evening won the hearts of the judges with her flawless performance of Katy Perry’s “Roar” resplendent in female Tarzan outfit.

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.