Effective 01 October 2014, the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) have commenced a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program. The program will initially run for a trial period of three years, followed by an evaluation to determine whether and how the program should ... Read More

The Plaintiff’s monthly printed “Motherhood Magazine” relating to parenting issues had been published in Singapore since 1983. An application to register the trade mark “Motherhood” was made on 23 May 2012 and was granted on 04 July 2013 on the basis of acquired distinctiveness through use. The Defendants’ started publication ... Read More

The pendency of a Malaysian application normally lasts 3-4 years before it proceeds to grant where much of it is spent waiting for its examination. The pendency period is not shortened even if substantive examination is requested early. With the exception of an expedited examination request, which provides access to skip ... Read More

Time has certainly flown by since this writer’s initial article on the topic in August 2012. Fast forward to June 2014, it is now the second anniversary of the voluntary notification system for copyright coming into force in Malaysia. In the past 24 months, the system has charted encouraging growth. From ... Read More