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WIPO National Patent Drafting Course | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mr Dave A Wyatt, our Head of Patents was invited by WIPO to be a speaker and facilitator at the National Patent Drafting Course organized jointly by WIPO, MyIPO and JPO. The week-long course was held at MyIPO’s IP Academy in Kuala Lumpur from 13 to 17 February 2017. Other speakers included patent attorneys from Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. The participants on the course were primarily researchers and senior lecturers from local universities and polytechnics. The course comprised a daily mixture of lectures and hands-on exercises, culiminating on the final day in a presentation by each group of a drafted patent specification.

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.