On 31 March 2022, Malaysia deposited the instrument of ratification at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Headquarters in Geneva and officially acceded to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure. This brings the total number of contracting parties ... Read More
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The long-awaited Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 together with the implementing Regulations has finally come into force on 18 March 2022. After more than a decade of intense discussions, proposals, and referendums, the amended Act was tabled, read and passed by the Upper House (Dewan Negara) of Parliament on 22 December ... Read More
One of the notable new provisions that was encapsulated in the recently enforced Trademarks Act 2019 is the concept of ‘registrable transactions.’ In brief, registrable transactions acknowledge and recognize registered trademarks as personal property or moveable property and may be the subject of a security interest in the same way ... Read More
Pursuing patent protection for computer software related inventions have always been complicated affairs. Notwithstanding the substantial differing substantive requirements employed by different patent jurisdictions from around the world on the subject matter, applicants also potentially face subject matter exclusion objections while attempting to convince patent examiners that their inventions are ... Read More
Patent protection can become a valuable commercial tool and important investment in technology for many businesses. All businesses may have a good technology or invention worth protecting which could be an essential and invaluable asset. Understanding what patent rights can provide can be vital and critical to business success.
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