Malaysia - Law and Practice Updates
Malaysia’s Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2013 were published in the Government Gazette on 24 June 2013 and will come into force on 01 July 2013. The principal changes are:
The information to be entered in the Register in respect of each registered design has been elaborated. Among other things, this now ... Read More
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Malaysia’s Industrial Designs (Amendment) Act 2013 will come into force on 01 July 2013. The principal changes under this Act are:
Worldwide novelty will be adopted as the registrability standard. This change will only affect registrations filed on or after 01 July 2013. Earlier-dated registrations will continue to be subject to ... Read More
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On 27 September 2012, Malaysia deposited at WIPO its instrument of accession to the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and WIPO Performances & Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Both treaties will come into force locally on 27 December 2012. This is a fulfillment of the amendments made to the Copyright Act that came ... Read More
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(01 June 2012) marks a significant development in copyright protection in Malaysia with the coming into force of the Copyright (Voluntary Notification) Regulations 2012. There is still no formal copyright registration process (due to automatic protection by virtue of Berne Convention) but in order to afford copyright owners more tangible ... Read More
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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:
an upward revision in the prescribed official fees across the board,
procedural changes, and
introduction of electronic filing ... Read More
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