The second anniversary of the Malaysian Trademarks Act 2019, on December 27 2021, came and went without much fanfare. By the time the new year of 2022 had announced itself, the general perception was that the relevant stakeholders and the national regulatory agency (“MyIPO”) had grown accustomed to the new ... Read More
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An applicant or an inventor may wish to first-file a patent application in a foreign country other than their country of residence. In such instances, many countries have a first filing requirement under which patent applications must be first-filed in the country of residence before subsequent filing in a foreign ... Read More
YKL Engineering Sdn Bhd (“YKL”) is a designer and manufacturer of specialized machinery and equipment for palm oil processing. YKL is also the registered owner of Malaysian Patent No. MY-139512-A (“the Patent”) in respect of a Fruit Bunch Splitter (“the FBS”). The “Fruit Bunch Splitter” is a machine that, as ... Read More
Malaysia joined Madrid Protocol – The International Trademark System – on 27 December 2019. Let’s review how the system can benefit trademark owners.
BACKGROUND
Before 27 December 2019, there was only one way for trademark owners to apply for a new mark in Malaysia, that is, by filing an application nationally ... Read More
It may be an opportune time to revisit the saga between Tan Kim Hock Tong Seng Food Industry Sdn Bhd (‘TKHTS’) and Tan Kim Hock Product Centre (‘TKHPC’), first covered in our article A Sticky Situation
The case which kicked things off back in 2016 was the High Court case of ... Read More