Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Property Practice of the firm is involved in a wide range of Intellectual Property litigation areas, including Franchising, Licensing and Agency, Computer and Electronic-Transferance Contracts, Entertainment and Gaming Law, Patents, Trade Mark and Copyright infringements and disputes, passing-off and unfair competition matters, Unfair trade actions (e.g trade libel and/or slander) and labeling laws and regulations and food & drugs laws, regulations and enforcement.

Some of the matters handled by this practice include:

  • Successfully defending a patent infringement action and invalidating a patent granted under the Malaysian Patents Act.
  • Advising on licensing of technology related to earth wall anchoring and retention systems.
  • Acting for foreign trade marks' owners in passing-off and rectification of trade mark proceedings.
  • Acting for a leading computer software company against an ex-employee misappropriating intellectual property rights.
  • Acting against a local chocolate manufacturer for passing off its chocolate as that of a well-known Swiss chocolate manufacturer including obtaining and executing an Anton Pillar order.
  • Advising clients in licensing of diagnostic kits for diseases to foreign companies.
  • Advising clients in character merchandising matters.
  • Acting for a Singapore company in restraining parallel importation of inferior transport equipment components from China under a common trademark.
  • Acting for a Thai gold jewellery manufacturer and preventing a local company from passing-off by adoption an identical trade mark.
  • Acting for an office equipment manufacturer against allegations of infringement of registered design.
  • Acting for local patentees in the filing and prosecution of patents in foreign countries under the Paris Convention and/or PCT System and acting for local trademark owners in the registration of trademarks in foreign countries.
  • Acting for local manufacturers in the filing and prosecution of trade marks and trade mark infringements respectively in foreign countries.
  • Advising an institution of higher learning on the commercialisation and exploitation of its inventions.