Intellectual Property Articles

We are all familiar with the news that products are counterfeited by gangs around the world; clothes, perfumes, DVDs and pharmaceuticals are the most common targets. However, recent seizures in France indicate that an enterprising group has been busy counterfeiting...

McDonald’s may be the preeminent name in fast-food but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it can claim to possess the `Mc’ prefix for the name of any restaurants. Not in Malaysia, anyway. McDonald’s in Malaysia waged an eight year legal battle against food outlet...

A number of top German companies are uniting to ban social networking sites FaceBook and Twitter from the work space. The ban has been driven by fears of industrial espionage and the threat of competitors obtaining company information via the internet links. The...

The Malaysian consumer public has been shocked by the announcement by the Domestic Trade and Consumerism Ministry that they intend to penalize those who buy counterfeit DVDs and VCDs. The Domestic Trade and Consumerism Ministry has indicated that in order to combat...