Singapore Update: Patent For Taxi Display Unit Revoked

If you have been to Singapore, you would have noticed that many taxis there are equipped with a rooftop display unit consisting of multi-coloured LED lights that indicate the hiring status of the taxis. It may come as a surprise to you to find out that this same display unit was the subject of a […]
[MyBatik] How to Patent Your Unique Formula
[Trademart] Intellectual Property Rights in the Pharmaceutical Industry
[The Petri Dish] Biological Processes-Are They Patentable
Patents & DCA Approval

If a pharmaceutical drug enjoys patent protection in Malaysia under the Patents Act 1983, can the Drug Control Authority (DCA) of the Ministry of Health grant marketing approval for another generic drug allegedly falling within the claims of the patent and applied for by a rival company? And if marketing approval is given, can the […]
[The Petri Dish] Tapping from our biodiversity
[Malaysia SME] What you need to know about patent marking
[The Edge Malaysia] Dip in IPR Filings – Start of a trend or an aberration?
Tough Times Ahead For The Pharmaceutical Industry?

Things have been going very well for the pharmaceutical industry over the past decade or so. A series of “blockbuster” drugs has been bankrolling the industry players fortunate enough to own the rights to those drugs and at the same time financing their search for the “Next Big Drug”. Global spending on pharmaceutical drugs exceeded […]
[Radio Television Brunei] UBD’S Seminar On Patent System
KASS’ very own Ramakrishna Damodharan is interviewed on why it is crucial to understand the workings of the patent system. Click here to view more.