Intellectual Property
By Jagannathan Arumugam
Internet of Things (IoT), in simple words, is a wide area network (WAN) connecting computing devices and other devices that typically would have no connection to the internet such as industrial machinery, kiosks, kitchen appliances, etc. Such a WAN enables data collection and device sharing to communicate and share data in real time to realise the unification of virtual and physical worlds.
By P. Kandiah
The whole world knows of Greta Thunberg from online, print and broadcast media.
Greta Thunberg is a 17-year-old climate activist from Sweden. Her activities in the field of climate change have made her internationally well-known.
By Harley Rose
It’s Valentine’s Day, and these ten trademarks have us feeling the love!
By Harley Rose
The case of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp & Anor v Hovid Bhd features a landmark decision made by the Federal Court of Malaysia on 21 August 2019. The issue brought to the Federal Court was whether the adjudication of an independent claim as invalid automatically renders claims which are dependent on that independent claim invalid, without the need for the court to consider separately the validity of each and every dependent claim.
By Sophie Sia
USA Pro IP Limited v Montfort Services Sdn Bhd [2018] SGIPOS 3 & 4
“A Series of Unfortunate Events” is a 13-book series detailing the turbulent lives of the Baudelaire children. After their parents perish in a sudden fire, the Baudelaires are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance through a myriad of malicious schemes. One may liken the Baudelaire’s tumultuous journey to the process of overcoming threshold and evidentiary hurdles associated with a bad faith trademark opposition.
By Megha Anand
While most of us are still absorbing the recent changes of Malaysia being a part of the Madrid Protocol for trademark filing along with new forms of trademarks that can now be registered due to this change, how can Patent Law in the country be deprived of the limelight??
By Harley Rose
How trademarks have been used to capitalize on the most wonderful time of the year
It’s a holiday shared and celebrated by billions of people worldwide, religious or otherwise, so it would be an obvious assumption that nobody truly owns Christmas, right? Not exactly. Many companies have recognised the profitability of the merry season and have taken advantage of it by registering Christmas-themed trademarks.
By Thein Thein Win
Myanmar, also called the “Golden Land”, is known for its many ancient golden pagodas, sacred Buddhist monasteries and gilded monuments. Myanmar people adore yellow gold (“Shwe” in the Burmese language) with gold being a common investment and store of value. It is no surprise then that locals also use “Shwe” as a name not just for people but also as business names in the hopes that the person or business bearing the name would also be successful, special and have a propensity for wealth creation like its namesake. Seeing the popularity of “Shwe”, it would be interesting to see how “Shwe”-related trademarks in Myanmar will fare now that Myanmar has enacted its new Intellectual Property Laws – which includes the Trademark Law – in early 2019.
By Hoh Jerick
’Tis the season when the force awakens fans of the Star Wars franchise around the galaxy far, far away. With “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, the last in the current trilogy coming out this month, let’s take a look at the various Intellectual Properties (IP) under Lucasfilm (now acquired by Disney), a film and television production company founded by George Lucas in 1971. Known for being litigious in the protection of its IP, we may run into a few cases where companies that used terms and aspects derived from the Star Wars franchise faced the wrath of the Death Star in trademark and copyright infringement lawsuits.
By Hoh Jerick
Tensions rose, jaws floored – will Spider-Man no longer be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after the sequel “Far From Home”? The recent uproar and disagreement between Sony Pictures and Disney hinged on the fact that fans of the MCU movie series may not be able to enjoy the portrayal of the web-slinger by actor Tom Holland any longer. The internet went awash with multiple articles and comments on what would happen to everyone’s favourite superhero, or what would become of the Marvel Universe. The issue arose when Sony, who owns the film rights to Spider-Man, disagreed with Disney (who acquired Marvel, the owner of the IP rights to Spider-Man) when Disney wanted a bigger cut from the movies that were made. Disney had proposed for a 50-50 co-financing of any future Spider-Man films between themselves and Sony, which would benefit Disney more than the current agreed amount of around 5% of the first dollar gross on any Spider-Man films that was made. But regardless of the dispute, the conglomerate giants have currently managed to compromise on a deal where the web-slinger would continue his appearances within future MCU movies.