Malaysia – Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 effective 15 February 2012

The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) has announced that the first-ever amendment to the Industrial Designs Regulations 1999, will come into force on 15 February 2012.

The Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 will result in:

  1. an upward revision in the prescribed official fees across the board,
  2. procedural changes, and
  3. introduction of electronic filing of industrial design applications

MyIPO has advised that the Amendment 2012 will apply to new applications filed on or after 15 February 2012, and on all matters or proceedings pertaining to registered industrial designs. All applications which are pending at that time will be subject to the old regulations.

For a summary of the changes resulting from Amendment 2012 which are to be implemented from 15 February 2012, please click here.

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.