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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BFM Podcast: WEB OF EXPLOITATION
I was interviewed BFM Radio on the issue of sexual grooming and sex offenders registry and the podcast was published on 8 June 2016. Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device. The rise of pedophilia and other sex offences recently have put in the…
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Don’t be penny-wise, startups: lawyers
I gave on a talk on Intellectual Property Law for Startup at a firechat sessions titled “Bridge the Gap between Startups and the Law” organised by BurgieLaw held at the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) on 9 May 2016. Subsequent to the firechat session, I was featured in The Star in their article…
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BFM Podcast: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR SEX TAPE IS PUBLISHED?
I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about invasion of privacy in Malaysia and the podcast was published on 27 April 2016. Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device. On March 21th, a six-person jury awarded Hulk Hogan, the stage name of retired…
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Bread & Kaya: Malaysian cyberlaw updates in 2015
By Foong Cheng Leong | Apr 04, 2016 – New, complex cases emerged, and Parliament enacted new laws – With the advent of the TPPA, we can expect more changes IN 2015, industry regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) reported that 10 people were convicted of offences under Section 233 of the Communications…
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Welcome to the future – Technology is changing the way that lawyers work, and a number of Asiabased startups are leading the way
The FCL&Co Case Law Search App was recently featured in the Asian Law Business (April 2016 Edition) in the article “Welcome to the future – Technology is changing the way that lawyers work, and a number of Asiabased startups are leading the way” by Sergio Held. An extract of the article can be seen here…
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BFM Podcast: CAN EMOTIONS BE COPYRIGHTED?
I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about illegal downloading of music, songs etc by internet users and the podcast was published on 28 March 2016. Read: Pharrell Williams, et al. v. Bridgeport Music, Inc., et al. In 2013, the family of Marvin Gaye sued Robin Thicke, Pharrell and their label Universal for copyright…
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Lawyers want Bar Council to stop fighting innovations, move with the times
Subsequent to my article “Malaysian Bar Council bans lawyers from using virtual offices“, the Malay Mail interviewed me regarding the ban of virtual office. In their article entitled “Lawyers want Bar Council to stop fighting innovations, move with the times“, they stated the following:- Foong Cheng Leong, who runs a law firm on his own…
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BFM Podcast: APPLE VERSUS THE FBI
I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about US Government’s request to compel Apple Inc to assist in the access of a suspected terrorist’s iPhone on 24 February 2016. On February 16, Apple published a message on its website, outlining to its customers that they would not be complying with a request from the…