[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 […]

The TPPA Dream: Is it over?

By Joel Cheong While the whole wide world was still reeling from the news of Brexit and Brangelexit (Seriously, who comes up with terms like these?), the news of Donald Trump edging against fellow presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to become the next US president may have overloaded the incredulity meter of most common folks. As those […]

[Business Today] Trademarks as a competitive advantage

Trademarks indicate the source of the product or service to a customer. That is the primary role of a trademark. However, trademarks have come to play a very important role in today’s business world. How is a manufacturer of products to attract the attention of a customer whose attention is drawn by hundreds of similar […]

Domain Names Regulations in Indonesia

By Carla Monintja Using the internet is an inseparable activity in our modern life. Internet offers us so many things like information, online social life, and also online shopping in the simplest way. Speaking about online shopping, most of us must have experienced some online shopping for fashionable clothing, electronical products, foods, collectible stuffs and […]