In a rare though welcome reversal, the Federal Court in Merck Sharp & Dohme & Anor v Hovid Berhad ([2019] 9 CLJ 1) has over-ruled its earlier authority on the effect of invalidation of an independent claim of a patent on the associated dependent claims.
In 2015, the Federal Court had ... Read More
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Earlier this year in a decision for Sunseap Group Pte Ltd & 2 Ors v Sun Electric Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 4 (hereafter “Sunseap”)—a case between two Singapore based solar power companies—the Court of Appeal ruled that a High Court has an original jurisdiction to hear an application to revoke ... Read More
On 27 September 2019, Malaysia deposited the instrument of accession and became the 106th member country of the Madrid Protocol System. Prior to the said date, Malaysia was one of the two remaining ASEAN countries that still had not acceded though it was beholden to do the same under the ... Read More
Ch’ng Kim Chye & Anor t/a Lam Soon Huat v SP Yam Huat Sdn Bhd [2019] 10 MLJ 562
The Plaintiff is the common law owner of the following trademarks in respect of tobacco products.
The Defendant is the registered trademark owner of Trademark Registration Number 2011010139 for “tobacco, smokers’ articles, matches, ... Read More
An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape and configuration, or a pattern and ornamentation in two- or three-dimensional form containing aesthetic value that is used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft. Processing of industrial design applications in Malaysia is handled by the Industrial Designs Registry ... Read More