MALAYSIA: JAPANESE COMPANY DEFEATS MALAYSIAN COMPANY IN A TRADE MARK AND COPYRIGHT CASE
In a High Court ruling, Hakubaku Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Plaintiff”), a Japanese company which manufactures, among others, noodles is allowed to file a trade mark expungement application under Section 45(1)(a) of the Trade Marks Act 1976 (hereinafter referred to as “the TMA”) to expunge a registered trade mark registered by a Malaysian company Asiamega Food Manufacturers Sdn....
MALAYSIA: KINGTIME IS VICTORIOUS
In November of 2018, the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur delivered a judgement in Kingtime International Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff 1”) and Gryphon Energy (Asia-Pacific) Sdn. Bhd (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff 2”) v Petrofac E&C Sdn. Bhd (hereinafter referred to as “Defendant”), which dealt with the principles of interpretation of claims in a patent...
MALAYSIA: IS IT RIGHT FOR COURTS TO ALLOW COSTS ORDERS TO STATE OR STATE AUTHORITIES?
This is a unique appeal case between the Malaysian Registrar of Trade Mark (hereinafter referred to as “the Appellant”) and two Malaysian companies, Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn. Bhd. and Sri Nona Industries Sdn. Bhd. which was previously known as Syarikat Taili Enterprise Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred as “the 1st Respondent” and “the 2nd Respondent” respectively or 1st and 2nd Respondent,...