Year: 2024

Our commitment towards raising awareness on intellectual property for creative industries continues with an interactive session held at Biotropics Malaysia Berhad, a Malaysian corporation actively involved in the development and commercialization of Malaysia's bio-resources into superior natural health products for the international market.

Many major jurisdictions throughout the world have long adopted a patent prosecution legal framework which provision for formally recording third party observations (TPOs) in respect of patentability of a patent application. Such jurisdictions include the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.

The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2022, which impacted five areas, namely: Marrakesh Treaty, voluntary notification, streaming technology, collective management organisation, and enforcement power, came into force in Malaysia on 18 March 2022.