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Trademark Squatter Who is a trademark squatter? A trade mark squatter is a person who registers someone else’s mark with the bad intention to profit from such registration. This is similar to domain name squatting or cybersquatting. In most cases, they are individuals with no…

International Trademark Registration for Malaysian (Madrid System / Madrid Protocol) Generally, trademark registration and protection are territorial in nature. In other words, if you have registered your trademark in Malaysia through the registrar (MyIPO), your trademark is only protected and recognised in Malaysia. In order…

Five Types Of Intellectual Property That You Should Know For Your F&B Business Intellectual Property (“IP”) is essentially the creations of the mind which you can own. It is a property that is intangible in nature. Many a time, business owners lack the awareness of…

Copyright In Our Daily Lives Copyright Protection Copyright law in Malaysia is governed by the Copyright Act 1987 (“Copyright Act”). Under the Act and pursuant to the Berne Convention, copyright exists automatically upon the creation of a work and fulfilling certain requirements (i.e. originality, sufficient…

Questions on the symbols “TM”, “R”, “C” (™, ®, ©) We often see these symbols “™”, “®”, or “©” being displayed on goods, packaging or signboard. What do they mean and whether you should care about it? How do you “obtain” one? or “register” for…

New Malaysian Trademark Laws (Trademarks Act 2019) What constitute a trademark The word “mark” has been changed to “sign”. Sign now includes shape of goods, sound, scent, hologram, sequence of motion and etc. Hence, it is now possible to register the above sign as a…

Copyright In Famous Paintings Which artworks would immediately come to your mind when we talk about famous paintings? Naturally, we would think of “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci, “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh, “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, and so on. In…

Trademark FAQs 1. What is a trademark? Trademark in Malaysia: A trademark is essentially a sign (mark) used to distinguish products/services from other traders. A sign can be any letter, word, name, signature, numeral, device, brand, heading, label, ticket, shape of goods or their packaging…

How to register a trademark in Malaysia? 1. Prepare your mark/sign/logo to be registered It goes without saying that to register a trademark, you have to have a mark/sign/logo to be registered. Your mark/sign/logo can consist of simple words, numbers, alphabets, graphics, drawings, foreign characters…