INDONESIA: OFFICIAL FEES TO INCREASE BEFORE THE END OF 2017
Recently, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is set to increase the official fees for patent, trade mark, industrial design and copyright matters carried out by the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Indonesia. The draft fees which were only announced on 15 August 2017 are expected to be in force before the end of 2017. At the time of writing, the official date of which...
SINGAPORE: CHANGES TO PATENT AND TRADEMARK LEGISLATIONS
Applicants who wish to file an international application under the Patent Corporation Treaty (PCT) with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as the receiving office, may wish to be advised of the following.
Prior to 1 January 2017, applicants were only permitted to file applications in the English language. As of 1 January 2017, any applicant who wishes to file such an...
SINGAPORE: PROMEDIA SUCCEEDS IN A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASE
In the case of Global Yellow Pages Ltd v Promedia Directories Pte Ltd SGHC 09, the Singapore High Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claim and the Defendant had succeeded in its counterclaim for groundless threat of suit.
Global Yellow Pages Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “the Plaintiff”) publishes telephone directories in Singapore. The Plaintiff’s online directory is maintained at the URL...
MALAYSIA – PLAINTIFF SUCCEEDS IN DESIGN INFRINGEMENT AND PASSING-OFF CASE
In the case of Alpha Home Appliance Sdn. Bhd. v NSB Home Appliance and NSB Lighting Sdn. Bhd, the High Court allowed the Plaintiff’s claim and the Defendants’ counterclaim is dismissed with costs.
By way of background, Alpha Home Appliance Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred as Plaintiff) a company incorporated in Malaysia and deals with the research and development, manufacture and distribution...
MALAYSIA: COPYRIGHT AND PASSING OFF ACTION DECIDED BY HIGH COURT
Public Performance Malaysia & Tan Ngiap Foo v Prism Berhad is a copyright infringement and passing off claim before the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.
Public Performance Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred as “the First Plaintiff”) is a declared licensing body under the Copyright Act 1987 and has the mandate and responsibility to collect royalties on behalf of recording...
MALAYSIA: NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY GIVEN CHANCE TO FILE DEFENCE
Borneo Rainforest Lodge v Bernama is a copyright claim in the High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
The Plaintiff, Borneo Rainforest Lodge, obtained judgment in default of appearance against the Defendant, Bernama, which is the Malaysian national news agency.
The Defendant filed an application to set aside or vary the judgment based on the following reasons:
(a) the Plaintiff named in this...
MALAYSIA: STICKY ISSUES
In the case of Angel Candies Sdn. Bhd. v Loo Yan Wah & I Candy Studio Sdn. Bhd. & Mah Wing Hong, the High Court of Malaya in Shah Alam held that the defendants must paid costs amounting to RM40,000.00 to the plaintiff.
By way of background, Angel Candies Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred as “the Plaintiff”) is a private company limited in the business of import, export, wholesale and...
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT RULED ON SCOPE OF SECTION 42 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT
In the case of Dura-Mine Sdn. Bhd. v Elster Metering Limited and George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad, the Federal Court has recently examined the scope and application of Section 42 of the Copyright Act 1987 (hereinafter be referred as “the Act”).
First and foremost, it is appropriate to reproduce Section 42 of the Act here:
42. (1) An affidavit or statutory declaration made...
MALAYSIA: DOCTRINE OF RES JUDICATA
Built Prospect Trading (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff”) had previously filed an action against Mr. Chong Chee Siong (hereinafter referred as “the 1st Defendant”) and Deltric Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred as “the 2nd Defendant”) at the High Court of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur claiming that 1st Defendant breached the contract of employment between the Plaintiff and 1st Defendant by leaking...
MALAYSIA: “THE WORKS” COPYRIGHT
In the case of Microsoft Corporation v Conquest Computer Centre Sdn. Bhd., the High Court of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur ordered an injunction against Conquest Computer Centre preventing it from infringing Microsoft Corporation’s copyright in artistic works involving computer programs Microsoft Office Starter 2010 and Microsoft Window 7 Home Premium (“hereinafter referred to as “the Works”)....