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 a new (and sometimes shiny) computer, it comes with Windows? Well, not just Windows but also lots of nice software. Like DreamWeaver, Microsoft Office, etc. You just […]
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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 bane of Hollywood, making it a regular event for people to share video based media easily over broadband Internet. BitTorrent is betting that one third of current […]
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 use the “iPhone” trade mark for their respective products and that all prevailing lawsuits would be dropped. I anticipate that the iPhone will prove to be another […]
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 million Growth of e-commerce spending: 70% Malaysian business funds spent online in 2006: RM47.6 billion Percentage of Internet access by mobile devices: 45% Today, the amount of […]
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 “runs down” and potentially causes “dilution” of the competitor product. In some countries, unfair competition laws have made comparative advertising an offence. Recent laws have allowed comparative […]