This article will briefly discuss on the case of Merck Sharp & Dohme & Anor v. Hovid Berhad [2017] 1 LNS 53, how it overturned the previous Federal Court’s decision in SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd v. Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor [2015] 6 MLJ 293. Merck Sharp and its local licensee…
Both Siti Khadijah and Ariani hold their own impressive ground in the Muslim-fashion world in Malaysia. Recently, the court case that was brought by Siti Khadijah after claiming that Ariani has stolen the design of their telekung has been decided. This article will discuss on whether clothing can be accepted for copyright referring to the…
The case of Adidas International Marketing BV v Lutong Enterprise Corp [2018] SGIPOS 12 was a battle between two established companies. Adidas has brought forward the claim for opposition. The argument arose as Adidas claimed that Lutong Enterprise’s trademark was similar to theirs. Adidas’ trademark was designed after Lutong Enterprise has designed their trademark. Both…
Kingtime International v Petrofac E&C Sdn Bhd [2018] AMEJ 1369 was a case regarding Kingtime International Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Kingtime) who was a registered patent owner of two Malaysian patents, (Patent 898 and Patent 5004). Kingtime then issued licenses of the patents to Gryphon Energy (Asia-Pacific) Sdn Bhd (hereinafter referred to as Gryphon).…
The Malaysian Patent Act 1983 covers the protection for invention by allowing registration of patent for inventions that are new, involves an inventive step, and industrially applicable. The laws for patent go further than these three requirements, but a point to be made here is that once an applicant has received the patent registration under…
Recent Malaysian case laws have determined on what is confusing similarity, as a test to determine whether a trademark conflicts with another registered mark hence resulting in trademark infringement. In Y-Teq Auto Parts (M) Sdn Bhd v X1R Global Holding Sdn Bhd & Anor [2017] 2 MLJ 609, the Court granted full protection to a…
The millennials may not remember it, but a flip phone used to be the cool phones that people would wait in line for. Before the fever for iPhones surge the world, a flip phone and an analog mobile phone was the sturdy choice for communication. Brands like Ericsson was the hip brand that roamed on…
