Domain Name Dispute in Indonesia: “Bad Faith” in the Case of Aktiebolaget Electrolux
By Ronald E. M. The rapidly growing field of Information Technology (IT) has made the conduct of business convenient in various ways. One everyday example is enabling the ownership of specific domain names as an address for websites, which has become a key digital strategy for companies to provide detailed information of their products and/or […]
World-Changing Women Wonders
By Sharrmila Palanyandy The field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is often male-dominated and studies show that women remain underrepresented in this field. But despite the lack of recognition in the scientific community and challenges faced due to the gender gap, there are countless inspiring women in these fields who have made historic […]
Bokitta Hijab Patent Infringement Case
By Hemanisha Baskaran CHIC?? VOILA?? What do these two words have to do with a hijab? Well, in this case – plenty! In fact, “CHIC” and “VOILA” are the wrap styles under the well-known Bokitta Hijab. In 2019, the Kuala Lumpur High Court dealt with a patent infringement case involving the infringement of an instant […]
What Lies Beneath: A Technological Road Trip
By Megha Anand As we transition from Halloween to Christmas, road trips remain a common theme for films in both genres, particularly the former. Be it a journey to escape a zombie outbreak or a broken-down car in the middle of nowhere or running out of fuel with only one isolated gas station in the […]
Buying technology – is this the right time?
By P. Kandiah At this period of economic hardship owing to the coronavirus pandemic, oil and gas downfall, and poor performance of the stock market, some companies may want to quit their business altogether, whilst other companies may see this as a golden opportunity to expand their business by acquiring technology or acquiring a company […]
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 […]
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. […]