What do the symbols TM and ® even mean?
By Sajjaratul Yaqeen Our country is blessed with multiple and various business opportunities that allow more and more Malaysian companies to diversify and expand their businesses. With the expansion and growth of market share, the necessity to protect their Intellectual Property (IP) rights becomes more vital. Trademarks are one of those IP rights that protect […]
[Business Today] Entering the Chinese market
[Trademart] Design Innovations
[Trademart] Intellectual Property protection from the get-go through the Go-Ex Programme
The idea of going global and venturing into the export market seems to be a rather unnerving and formidable endeavour for most local SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Malaysia. This is evidenced by the fact that SME contribution to export is fairly low at 19% despite accounting for 99% of all business establishments in […]
[BFM] 2016: Updates On Intellectual Property
In this Resource Centre segment, Geetha K. talks about whether you can protect an idea, how Malaysia performed in the 2015 Global IP Index, what Malaysian companies need to look into when it comes to their IP, and throws in a couple of noteworthy trademark cases for good measure! Your browser does not support native […]
[Business Today] Protecting Your Assets: Is IP protection still relevant today?
By Vincent Teh This article first appeared in the August 2015 issue of Business Today. In the past three decades, the exponential growth of technology and rapid globalisation of trade have to some extent outstripped the development of intellectual property laws and regulations. This led many to question the practicality of intellectual property protection and […]
[Malaysia SME] Is IP protection still relevant?
[Business Today] Be Fashion Forward: Work that IP
[Malaysia SME] IP in Music: Shake Your Money Maker
[Business Today] The Music Business
By Rebecca Chong “Seems like everybody’s got a price, I wonder how they sleep at night when the sale comes first and the truth comes second…” – Jessie J quite aptly describes the music industry in the 21st century in that opening line from her massive hit, “Price Tag”. Traditionally, artists assign the copyright of their […]