Foong Cheng Leong | Articles
I am an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a registered trade mark, industrial designs and patent agent. I am also the author of the books, Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases consisting of two (2) volumes, namely, trade marks and copyright and industrial designs, and Foong’s Malaysia Cyber, Electronic Evidence and Information Technology Law.
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Can a franchise agreement be executed before the registration of the franchise in Malaysia?
In a recent High Court case, the Court held that a licence agreement can qualify as a franchise agreement and a licensor cannot offer to sell or provide a franchise until his franchise is registered in Malaysia. Munafya Sdn Bhd v Profquaz Sdn Bhd The Defendant operates an Islamic education system or syllabus for preschool…
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Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act to come into force Jan 1
The Star Newspaper reported that the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 will be in force on 1 January 2013. However, at the time of publication of this blogpost, the date of enforcement has not been gazetted in the Government Gazette. It’s alarming that the Deputy Minister has taken the view that consent to process…
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Date of Coming into Operation of the Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012
The Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism has appointed 1 January 2013 as the date on which the Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012 comes into operation. For a write up on the changes to the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998, please see our article “Amendment to the Malaysian Franchise Act 1998”
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Free Document Conversion Tools
1. Online-Convert (web based). Converts Image (including PDF) to word, text and odt. 2. PDF to Word (web based). Whether this tool works depend on the format of the PDF file. If the PDF file has not enabled text conversion, this tool may not work. One alternative is to print the document and then scan…