[Business Today] How not to reinvent the wheel – part 1

A Cautionary Tale While celebrating the Lunar New Year with his relatives and dodging questions from nosy aunts on when he would be finding a mate to settle down with, Eddy Sun had a sudden flash of inspiration when he saw a Chinese firecracker explode into thousands of red paper flecks. Three caffeine-fuelled, sleep-deprived days […]

[Invention Asia] The Key to Beating your Competitors

Most SMEs are started by persons who were once employees in an organisation where they had acquired the necessary technical skills and knowledge to manufacture the product their employer was manufacturing. These same individuals had the entrepreneurial spirit burning deep inside them, and so, armed with the skill / knowledge and a little capital (usually […]

Intellectual Property Protection for SMEs Venturing Abroad

By Pravind Kumar 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 […]

Reaping Riches in the Creative Industry

By Geetha Kandiah Books, music, pictures, videos and other creative works have special intangible rights attached to them, known as “copyright”. These rights are owned by the creators of the work – authors, producers, photographers, musicians, songwriters, artists and such – who can choose to do anything they wish with their exclusive rights. The copyright […]

[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 […]