Introduction In Malaysia, the licensing of songs and other musical works are not really uniformized. This compares unfavourably with the United States, where licensing bodies like the Harry Fox Agency can easily calculate your licensing fee if you want to license a song, based on the number of downloads, use case, and medium. Their licensing […]
Sufficient Disclosure in Patent Law
When an inventor lodges a patent application, he needs to make “sufficient disclosure”. This basically means that, his patent needs to inform whoever is reading it, on how to reproduce the patent. There are some inventors who are a little afraid of disclosing the full extent of their invention. They feel that they should retain […]
Bitcoin and the law
Introduction to Bitcoin Ironically, Bitcoin needs no introduction. It’s in the news so often nowadays that we are already aware of what it is. The price of Bitcoin has been skyrocketing, and last weekend it touched $17,000 before coming down to around $15,000. The strange thing about Bitcoin is that it is an invention without […]
Blockchain: Questions and Answers on LinkedIn
I have a friend who’s doing IT. Recently he’s become interested in Blockchain, and so, he asked on LinkedIn about Blockchain. And then he tagged me and asked for my take on it. Since I wrote at length to answer his queries, I would like to post my answers here, as a record of my […]
Patent Invalidation in Malaysia
Introduction In Malaysia, as in many other jurisdictions of the world, there is a procedure known as patent invalidation. What it is, is a procedure to remove the protection of law given to a patent holder, and to declare that the patent in fact is invalid. Hence, the word “invalidation”. The effect of invalidation is […]