Yellow elephants were trampled on, and chucked out of the trademark register – Find out why….
Trademark Ownership Must Be Done in Good Faith: Lim Teck Lee (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Longcane Industries Sdn Bhd By Geetha Kandiah Trademark ownership must be done in a bona fide manner. Otherwise, the registered trademark can be expunged from the register. In the case of Lim Teck Lee (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd v Longcane Industries Sdn […]
[Malaysia SME] Imagination vs. Innovation
[Franchise Asia] Lifting of Corporate Veil in a Case Related to Trademarks
[Business Today] Related Goods and Similar Brands
[Malaysia SME] Copyright and Commissioning of Work
Copyright and Commissioning: Everything you need to know
By Daniella Fiocco Commissioning has been described as the “lifeblood of the artistic world”, implying that without it the production and sale of artistic, musical and literary works would dwindle and deplete significantly. What authors, artists and musicians may not be aware of, however, is the effect of commissioning on the ownership of works and […]
Do our Politicians own any Intellectual Property?
Election fever is UP! Everyone is speaking about the next Malaysian General Election, especially since polling day is in 2 days’ time! I was recently invited to speak on Bernama TV and the topic was on whether our former and current Prime Ministers’ in Malaysia own any Intellectual Property (IP) rights. The brief answer is […]
[MGCC Perspectives] CHANNEL Trademark Case
[Business Today] Imagination vs Innovation
Imagination vs Innovation
By Jagannathan Arumugam “What? A card for paying money?” This is how people might have reacted when they were first introduced to the concept of debit card in the utopian science fiction novel “Looking Backward From 2000 to 1887” by Edward Bellamy (Though it was called as a credit card in the novel). One may […]