new-professionals

New Professionals

We are pleased to announce additions to our Firm. Pei Chun joins the Patent Department as our latest Patent Agent. With a wealth of patent drafting and work experience under her belt, she is set to be a valuable asset to her team. Kelvin comes on board the Trade Mark Department as In House Legal Counsel. He has 5 years of work experience and together with Khang Juin as Legal Executive, their contributions will augment the department. We bid them a warm welcome!

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.