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 […]
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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 […]
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 get admitted as a Patent Agent. The funny thing about it is that my dad has been registered as a patent agent for many years, but we […]