Street Vendors Get In On Bitcoin The above photo became viral on the Malaysian social media networks recently. It shows a lady called “Jijah” who was selling food at her stall. If you look at the basket, it’s probably some kind of nasi lemak, the usual fare for breakfast. The lady in the photo isn’t […]
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Bitcoin, the inventorless invention
Introduction. If you haven’t been hiding under a rock all this while, you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin by now. Since last year, its value has gone up 4 to 5 times.Last year around this time, Bitcoin was trading for about USD609. Today, its price is at USD3640. So if you had invested USD1000 last year, […]
Registering the offending, offensive trademark
Draining Offensive Words of Their Power In the USA, recently, there was a case of Matal v Tam, which broke new ground. It was a case that established that certain previously unregistrable trademarks could be registered. Under the previous position, it was understood that the law allowed trademark applications in the US to be registered, […]
Drafting an agreement is like programming
At 11 o’clock in the morning, I waited at a “mamak” restaurant for my friend to arrive. The place was in a quiet corner of the Curve. Customers chattered, tapping away at laptops, sipping teh tarik, some smoking, some deep in conversation. People hang out there to kill time, before heading elsewhere for the real […]
Hip hop artist sends Coca-Cola letter of demand in music video
It happened in Canada… with Coca-Cola! Here’s a story about Coca-Cola. A Canadian hip hop artist with the stage name B. Rich (real name Brendan Richmond) made a music video a few years back, called “Out for a Rip”. It has more than 12 million views on YouTube as of today. One day, Mr Richmond […]