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• 9 Sep 2008

  S’pore IP Academy Deputy Chairman: Malaysian Companies Realising Value of Intellectual Property

  A report by Bernama today quoted David Llewelyn, deputy chairman of Singapore's IP Academy, saying that most companies in Malaysia today are realising the value of intellectual property…

• 25 Aug 2008

  A Post After A Long While

  This blog has been lying fallow for some time now. In the spirit of honesty, perhaps it is good for me to review the types of players there…

• 21 Apr 2008

  Good way to Promote An IP Firm

  Raj, a patent agent, is quite technologically savvy. So much so that at this point of writing, he has 20 videos uploaded into YouTube under the username "RajPatent".…

• 19 Apr 2007

  Bluetooth Dispute Settled for USD$15million

  In a stunning bit of negotiation savvy, the Washington Research Foundation, a branch of the University of Washington, walked away with USD$15 million from CSR PLC. The original…

• 5 Mar 2007

  Starbucks vs. Starstrucks

  Who? Shahnaz Husain, an Indian entrepreneur in Mumbai. What? She plans to start a string of 25 glamourous coffee shops in India, decorated with posters of (presumably Bollywood,…

• 2 Mar 2007

  Hard Disk Loading and IP Enforcement

  What's "hard disk loading"? A very hard way of loading up a disk?! Well, unfortunately it's a little closer to home than that. Notice every time you purchase…

• 26 Feb 2007

  BitTorrent Goes Legit!

  BitTorrent is restyling its business to sell downloads of movies and TV shows licensed from studios. This development is a bit of a surprise because BitTorrent was the…

• 24 Feb 2007

  iPhone Trade Mark Dispute Ends

  Talk about how an intellectual property dispute can be amicably resolved! Today's news covered one such incident: Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. agreed that both parties could…

• 1 Feb 2007

  Online Transactions in Malaysia and the Law

  In 2006, IDC Malaysia reported that "six million unique buyer identities" conducted online transactions, or e-commerce in ordinary language. Here are some statistics from the report: Malaysia's population: 26.6…

• 30 Jan 2007

  Potential Loopholes in Comparative Advertising

  What is comparative advertising1? It takes place when the advertiser compares his product to another known product. It "rides on the reputation" of the mentioned product. It also…

• 26 Jan 2007

  Passing the Patent Agent Exams

  I've passed the Patent Agents Exams, set by MyIPO. That was the best news. Where to from here? File Form 18, together with a cheque for RM2,000/= and…

• 26 Sep 2006

  Links for Indigenous / Minorities

  Indigenous Rights - Monash University [ link ] United Nations Millenium Goals Homepage…