MyIPO and Japan Patent Office launch PPH Pilot Program
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…
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Motherhood Pte Ltd v Lau Elaine and others [2013] SGHC 258
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”…
Modified Substantive Examination
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.…
Voluntary Notification of Copyright is Here to Stay
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…
Novartis AG and Another v Ranbaxy (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
In the case of Novartis AG and Another v Ranbaxy (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. [2013] 2 SLR 117, the plaintiff was the proprietor of a Singapore…
Exceptions to Loss of Novelty for Malaysian Patents
Malaysian patent law has a worldwide novelty standard, qualified by a 12-month grace period. Section 14(3) of the Malaysian Patents Act stipulates that this grace…