Tharshini Maran
Tharshini Maran was born at Negeri Sembilan and raised in the historical state of Malacca. She completed her studies with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance (Hons) at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).
She was formerly a Secretary to Mr. Ramakrishna Damodharan before she was promoted to the Admin & Finance Manager.
She is responsible for the smooth and efficient functioning of the Adipven...
Moganah Raman
Moganah Raman who hails from Kuala Lumpur, graduated with an honour’s degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Greenwich, UK.
Upon graduation, she started as an accounts and audit associate in an audit firm in Kuala Lumpur and gradually promoted to various positions within the same. She has worked extensively with individual, corporate and partnership clients including preparation...
Dr. Kumutha Priya
Dr. Kumutha Priya was born and raised in the historical tin mining city of Ipoh, Perak. She completed her studies with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science (Hons) from University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and then pursued her Ph.D in Genetics & Molecular Biology at University of Malaya, the oldest and most prestigious university in Malaysia.
While pursuing her Ph.D, she worked as a...
Norlela Mat Lias
Norlela or Lela as she fondly known among clients and friends obtained her secondary and pre-tertiary education in her home state, Johor which is neighboring Singapore. She went on to obtain her degree in Business Administration from the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in Kedah.
She is a Registered Malaysian Trademark Agent (Registration No. 4742), Registered Malaysian Industrial Design Agent...
Ramakrishna Damodharan
Rama as he is fondly known to his friends and clients, has a degree in Applied Chemistry and postgraduate degree in law from University Malaya, the primer and most prestigious Malaysian university.
He is a Registered Malaysian Patent Agent (Registration No. PA/2007/0177), Registered Malaysian Trademark Agent Registration No. 4252), Registered Malaysian Industrial Design Agent (Registration No....
ASEAN: TRADE MARK INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
A study was conducted Frontier Economics Ltd. together with International Trademark Association to assess the economic contribution of trade mark intensive industries in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore. Trade mark intensive industries are defined as those industries that have an above average use of trade marks per employee. The economic
contribution of the five...
ADIPVEN WELCOMES DR. S. PARTIBAN
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to introduce you to our Director Dr. S. Partiban who has joined Adipven on 1 November 2017.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry as well as MSc. and PhD. in Entomology, all from University of Malaya, the most prestigious and oldest university in Malaysia. Dr. Partiban has more than 10 years of experience in increasingly responsible roles within several...
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...
VIETNAM: NOIP TO ADOPT 11th EDITION OF THE NICE CLASSIFICATION
In the most recent news as announced by the National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam, (NOIP), effective this 1 October 2017, all goods and/or services for trade mark applications filed in Vietnam will be classified in accordance to the 11th Edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks in Vietnam. This is in line with...
SINGAPORE: MYSTERY SET
This case deals on whether the use of a trade mark only in references to invoices would constitute as “use” per the Singapore Trade Marks Act.
In this revocation proceeding before the IPOS, the Applicants sought to revoke the trade mark “MYSTERY SET” (hereinafter be referred as “the subject mark”) on the ground of non-use. The date of completion of registration of the subject mark...