INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas
INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas
INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas
INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas
INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas

INTA 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas

This year more than 8000 delegates congregated in Dallas for the 135th INTA Annual Meeting. The Firm’s contingent from Kuala Lumpur comprised of our Managing Director, Ms. Karen Goh, Senior Legal Counsel, Ms. Azlina Aisyah Khalid and Business Development Manager, Ms. Oon Yen Yen. The event, held from 04 – 09 May 2013, was also attended by our Singapore Director, Mr. Ameen Kalani.

Despite being welcomed by unusually cold weather, all had a fruitful and beneficial INTA meeting. It was the perfect opportunity to catch up with our valued associates who hailed from all over the world. Notwithstanding a tight and busy schedule, they agreed that the meetings turned out to be a highly productive. In addition, Henry Goh’s contingent attended several receptions, which led to more networking opportunities where they met new associates and prospective business partners.

Dallas, Texas would be certainly be remembered as a gracious INTA host city with its warm gracious Southern hospitality.

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.