Strategic Moves When Patenting in ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN in short, is a group of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which are, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Established on 8 August 1967, the purpose of ASEAN was to promote the development of the Southeast Asian region into a […]
[Malaysia SME] Check It Before You Wreck It!
iInventedthat: Products (Co-)Invented by Steve Jobs
By Joel Cheong On 5 October 2011, the world lost a brilliant visionary and entrepreneur whose legacy includes a half-eaten piece of fruit, a computer animation studio whose mascot hates the letter ‘i’ with a passion, and prohibitively expensive consumer electronics products beginning with the letter ‘i’. Born on 24 February 1955, Steven Paul Jobs […]
[Malaysia SME] Game-Changers: Technologies That Re-Wrote the Rules of the Game
ASEAN Big Players Using AI to Transform Their Industries
Think of AI and what comes to mind is an image of a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger and his equally unclothed metallic friends with ominous red glowing eyes gunning after you and your other squishy out-of-shape human friends who are deemed to be “low threat”. Thanks to Hollywood, we may subscribe to the idea that artificial […]
Patenting Biotechnology Inventions
By P. Kandiah & Sharrmila Palanyandy In recent years, research and development in biotechnology field, especially in medicine and agricultural biotechnology is emerging rapidly. Researchers are encouraged to patent their inventions in order to commercialise their inventions and enjoy the benefits obtained thereafter. Mostly, biotechnology inventions are associated with materials present in nature which require […]
Malaysia! Merdeka! Eureka!
By Joel Cheong August is the month when proud Malaysians display their patriotic spirit by flying the Malaysian flag. As people who did not fail their History paper would know, the Malayan Federation achieved its independence on 31 August 1957, and on 16 September 1963, Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore formed the Federation of Malaysia. […]
Your Patent is registered – What Next?: An update on the Patent Working Requirement in Indonesia
By Carola Monintja Receiving a notification of grant for an invention is always a celebratory moment and a great relief for us (as patent agents) and the client. Why? Because this moment means the waiting is over, the long correspondences and hours spent preparing the responses, the arguments and the amendments have fully paid off, […]