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
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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
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
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