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 […]
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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 […]
Links for Indigenous / Minorities
Indigenous Rights – Monash University[ link ] United Nations Millenium Goals Homepage[ link ] Koo Chin Nam & Co., Advocates & Solicitors Patent, Trademark & Industrial Design Registration IP Litigation Headquarters: Suites 2A&2C, PO Box 9, Wisma Pahlawan, Jalan Sultan Sulaiman, 50000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: +603 22730688 / 2033 / 6033 Fax: +603 22738033 / […]
Some Links For Patent Search
Every so often we come across a great idea and think whether it could be the base for a wonderful invention. But then, many inventions exist in this world. If you create something which you believed was “new”, yet had been patented elsewhere in the world, you would have infringed the patent. And, you would […]